Yu dɔktɔ de trit yu difrɛn we bikɔs ɔf yu bɔdi fat? (Weyt Bias) .

Yu dɔn ɛva go to dɔktɔ ɛn fil lɛk se dɛn jɔs de tɔk bɔt yu bɔdi fat ɛn nɔ lisin to yu rial sik? Ɔ, yu bin fil lɛk se dɛn de kɔl yu les ɛn nɔ de kɔrɛkt yu bikɔs yu wet? Dis na tin we kin mek bɔku pipul dɛn fil pen, we dɛn nɔ kin tɔk bɔt. Tide wi de tok boht dis kondishכn we dεn kכl 'Weight Bias'. Dat min se fɔ trit pɔsin difrɛn we bay aw i wet ɛn aw in bɔdi shep.

Lɛ wi bigin wit dis stori. Lekan na wan uman we ol 27 ia. I biliv se in pwɛl at bin ayd frɔm ɔlman bikɔs in bɔdi fat. We i bin de na yunivasiti, i nɔ bin ɛva slip fayn. I bin ivin fɔgɛt fɔ it. I bin lɔs pas 13 kilo insay wan sɛmsta. Bɔrku tɛm, wae yu de lɔs yu bɔdi kwik kwik wan fɔ natin, dat kin bi sayn fɔ se yu gɛt siriɔs sik. Bɔt nɔbɔdi nɔ bin de tink se i dɔn lɔs in wet. "Mi padi ɛn ticha dɛn ɔl bin se a tan ɛn fayn. Bɔt fɔ tru, a bin de na di wikest say na mi layf, pan maynd ɛn bɔdi," na so i se.

I bin go fɛn ɛp fɔ mek i gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn i bin go to dɔktɔ. Di dɔktɔ in advays na bin, "If yu lɔs smɔl mɔ wet, yu go fil fayn." Afta sɔm mɔnt, i bin jɔs rɔnawe pan pɔsin we i bin tray fɔ kil insɛf. Naw i dɔn kam bak to in nɔmal wet ɛn dɛn de trit am fɔ dipreshɔn. I de fil fayn bɔt in bɔdi naw. Bɔt i stil de wɔnda se, "If a bin tan, pipul dɛn go si dɛn wɔnin sayn ya? Dɛn go tek mi siriɔs wan?"

Wetin na Weyt Bias ɛn Weyt Stigma?

Pan ɔl we i go tan lɛk se dɛn tu wɔd ya min di sem tin, smɔl difrɛns de. Prɔfɛsɔ Ribɛka Pul, we de du risach bɔt dis, ɛksplen am dis we.

• Weight Stigma: Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na di soshal stigma we pipul dɛn we gɛt bɔdi we gɛt bɔku bɔku bɔdi kin trit wit disgres. Dat min se, di jenɛral biliv se "fɔ fat nɔ fayn."
• Weight Bi AS : Dis de go likl fa pas dat. Dat min se, rɔng abit lɛk fɔ fat pipul dɛn fɔ "lɛs", "ɔt ɔf kɔntrol", "dɔti" ɛn fɔ trit dɛn fayn bays pan dat.

Dɛn tin ya kin kam frɔm yu bɔs, di ticha dɛn, di wan dɛn we yu lɛk, ɔ ivin di dɔktɔ we de trit yu. We yu bigin fɔ mek dɛn jɔjmɛnt ya bɔt yusɛf, dɛn kin kɔl am ‘Internalized Weight Stigma’. I min se yu de tink to yusɛf se, "A nɔ gɛt wan valyu bikɔs a fat."

Wetin na di ifɛkt dɛm we Weight Bias kin gɛt?

Dis kin gɛt big impak pan yu ɛvride layf ɛn di mɛrɛsin we yu de gɛt. Bɔku tɛm, pipul dɛn we fat kin tɔk se dɛn kin gɛt dis kayn prɔblɛm mɔ frɔm dɔktɔ dɛn.

Bikɔs ɔf ɛkspiriɛns lɛk dis, bɔku pipul dɛn nɔ kin go to dɔktɔ te dɛn sik rili siriɔs , bikɔs dɛn kin fred ɛn shem fɔ di kia we dɛn go gɛt.

Aw yu tinap agens dis injɔstis?

Yɛs, na prɔblɛm. Bɔt we sɔntin lɛk dis apin to yu, yu gɛt rayt fɔ tɔk. If pɔsin tɔk sɔntin we nɔ fayn bɔt yu wet, tɛl am se i nɔ rayt. I nɔ izi lɛk aw i tan lɛk. Bɔt sɔntɛnde lɛk dis, yu fɔ tɔk fɔ yusɛf. Ivin wit yu dɔktɔ.

Dɛn advays ya go ɛp we yu de go to dɔktɔ:

• Plan bifo tɛm: Bifo yu go to dɔktɔ , rayt di kwɛstyɔn dɛn we yu want fɔ aks. If di dɔktɔ bigin fɔ tɔk bɔt yu wet, bɔt yu gɛt ɔda mɛrɛsin, tɔk klia wan se, "Dɔkta, a nɔ de ya tide fɔ tɔk bɔt dis prɔblɛm. A de ya fɔ tɔk bɔt ɔda prɔblɛm we a de gɛt."
• Kɔl yu at: Fɔ tɔk bɔt wet kin mek yu strɛs. Sɔntɛnde lɛk dis, tek dip briz, tɔk to yusɛf, ɛn tink se, "Okay, a go dil wit dis wit kol at," bifo yu jɔyn di tɔk bak.
• Go wit pɔsin fɔ ɛp yu: Go wit yu padi ɔ fambul. Bifo yu go, ɛksplen to dɛn wetin na yu gol. If i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ tɔk, aks dɛn fɔ tɔk fɔ yu.
• Infɔm yu dɔktɔ: Tɔk dairekt bɔt weit bias. If yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ se yu dɔn gɛt bad bad tin dɛn lɛk dis bifo, dat kin ɛp dɛn fɔ chenj di we aw dɛn de du tin. Bɔku dɔktɔ dɛn de we de ɛp ɛn ɔndastand.

Aw yu go fɛn dɔktɔ we rɛspɛkt yu?

Bay naw, bɔku dɔktɔ dɛn dɔn no se fɔ bias pɔsin we gɛt wet na prɔblɛm. Sɔm kin ivin advatayz na dɛn klinik se dɛn go jɔs tɔk bɔt wet if di pɔsin rɛdi.

Yu kin aks dɔktɔ if dɛn de fala di we aw dɛn de du Wɛlbɔdi na Ɛvri Sayz (HAES) . Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, i min se, "A nɔ de mek am bɔt if yu de lɔs yu wet ɔ yu nɔ de lɔs yu wet, se a go gi yu di bɛst mɛrɛsin."

Aks yu padi dɛm we fat pasmak ɛn we fat usay dɛn kin gɛt dɛn tritmɛnt. Dat na gud we bak fɔ go. I kin tek sɔm ia fɔ fɛn dɔktɔ we yu abop pan ɛn we yu rɛspɛkt. Bɔt nɔ giv ɔp fɔ tray.

Lɛk yusɛf ɛn fɛn sɔpɔt.

I nɔ izi fɔ pul dɛn internalized stigmas ya. Bɔt di kɔgnitiv bihayvya strateji kin ɛp. Aks yu dɔktɔ fɔ rifer yu to advaysa we de wok wit pipul dɛn we fat. I kin ɛp yu fɔ no di bad tin dɛn we de kam na yu maynd ɛn put gud tin dɛn insay dɛn.

Bɔku grup dɛn de na soshal midia we de tɔk bɔt kɔnsɛpt dɛn lɛk ‘Bɔdi Positiviti’, ‘Bɔdi Nyutraliti’, ɛn HAES. Yu kin gɛt bɔku trɛnk frɔm dɛn.

"Bɔdi Nyutraliti" min "Yu bɔdi nɔ nid fɔ fayn ɔ wɔndaful ɔltɛm." Bɔt "Bɔdi Positiviti" min "Sɛlibret yu bɔdi, lɛk am, ɛn gladi wit wetin i kin du."