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	Podcast:		Food Heaven Podcast
	Episode:		Public Health Has a Weight Problem
	Category:		Health
	Duration:		00:36:00
	Publish Date:		2021-05-26 07:00:00
	Description:		This week we have one of our favorite guests BACK on the podcast talking about the many ways fatphobia shows up in public health initiatives. Marquisele Mercedes is a doctoral student and writer from the Bronx and her doctoral training and interests are at the intersection of fat studies and scholarship on race/ism. She looks at how racism, anti-Blackness, and fatphobia shape health care, research, and public health work and training. In This Episode We’ll Cover: • Fatphobic messaging in public health initiatives • How weight-centered initiatives harm POC communities • Effective ways to increase food access with public health funding• What food equity is and to get it + MORE! 3 Ways You Can Support This Podcast: • Rate• Review• Support our sponsors using our unique ‘HOOKUP’ codes below HOOKUP CODES: • Pete & Gerrys: peteandgerrys.com/foodheaven • Coors Pure: Celebrate the wins of everyday life. Go to CoorsPure.com to see where you can find Coors Pure! For our resources and shownotes, visit foodheavenmadeeasy.com/podcast. Produced by Dear Media
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