Joint Statement: Response to The Times article “Fat shaming is the only way to beat obesity crisis”

ASO supports a joint statement is in response to The Times article “Fat shaming is the only way to beat obesity crisis” by Matthew Parris, 28th October 2022.

The response to Matthew Parris' article, authored by Dr Stuart W. Flint, Dr Adrian Brown and Professor Rachel Batterham OBE highlights the highly inaccurate and potentially dangerous impact that @thetimes article may have and calls for media to end the stigmatising portrayal of people living with obesity, and to ensure that information is both accurate and respectful.

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Authors

1. Dr Stuart W. Flint, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9JU, United Kingdom
2. Dr Adrian Brown, UCL Centre for Obesity Research, University College London, London, Greater London, United Kingdom
3. Professor Rachel Batterham OBE, UCL Centre for Obesity Research, University College London, London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Organisations supporting this letter:

1. Association for the Study of Obesity
2. British Dietetics Association
3. Obesity Specialist Group of the British Dietetic Association
4. British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society
5. Obesity UK
6. Obesity Empowerment Network
7. All About Obesity
8. European Coalition for People Living with Obesity
9. European Association for the Study of Obesity
10. World Obesity Federation
11. Obesity Health Alliance