The San Francisco Department of Public Health has hired a self-proclaimed “anti-weight-based discrimination” expert to consult on “weight bias and weight neutrality.”
Virgie Tovar, author of “You Have a Right to Stay Fat” and other books on “fat positivity and body acceptance,” announced Monday on her Instagram that she has been hired as an advisor to the agency, and said: He called the collaboration “an absolute dream come true.” truth. “
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“I am incredibly proud to contribute in this way to the city I have called home for almost 20 years!” she wrote. “This consultancy is a dream come true, and it is my greatest hope and belief that weight neutrality is the future of public health.”
Tovar website lists her as a “plus-size Latina author, lecturer, and leading authority on weight discrimination and body positivity with over 10 years of experience.” She is a contributor to Forbes magazine and has featured articles on the “plus-size market.” Her latest articles include a feature on the organizers of a “size-inclusive” Thanksgiving and the alleged “fatphobia” in current television programming.
BENTONVILLE, AR – JUNE 23: Virgie Tovar presents the “Fat in Front of the Camera: Why It Matters” panel at the Bentonville Film Festival on June 23, 2022 in Bentonville, AR. Participate in. ((Photo Credit: Justin Ford/Getty Images for Bentonville Film Festival))
It is unclear what role Tovar will play within the department. The San Francisco Department of Public Health did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for details about Tovar's consulting work.
Tovar has been vocal against diet culture and the BMI index on her social media platforms. in Video posted by Project HealTovar spoke about how medical professionals pressured her to lose weight since childhood, and how she mistakenly believed that they were doing so out of consideration for her health.
“I really believed this was a problem with my health. I used the word 'better' because I truly believed the doctors were right, but in reality it was just a matter of suffering from anorexia. “I was trapped in it,” she said.
In July, Tovar posted that she conducted weight bias training for unidentified government employees and shared four tips she taught them to reduce “food and body bias in the workplace.”
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BENTONVILLE, AR – JUNE 23: Virgie Tovar joins Reel Magic Mornings during the Bentonville Film Festival on June 23, 2022 in Bentonville, Arkansas.
“1. We don't talk much or at all about how we and others eat at work,” she wrote. 2. I don't talk much or at all about my or other people's bodies at work. 3. I don't talk much or at all about exercise at work. 4. I don't talk about food, weight, body size, or exercise at all. Don't assume it's a safe or comfortable topic to discuss at work.
In another Instagram post, Tovar held up a placard that read “I don't need Ozempic” and said she was offered a free weight loss pill because it wouldn't “solve weight bias.” He revealed that he refused.
She was also critical of the characterization of obesity as a “disease.”
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Tovar offers DEI corporate training. The website lists the Seattle Transit Authority, the University of California, Berkeley, and other notable companies as previous clients.
FOX News Digital could not reach Tovar for comment.
