Sunday, October 22, 2023 - Episode 1198
By: Heather Carrigan
Challenging Stigma, Fostering Equity: Addressing Anti-Fat Bias in Healthcare
- In today’s episode, we feature a segment from an interview with Heather Carrigan, a resident of New Zealand who herself has lipedema. This interview is from the 2016 Lipedema Worldwide Summit.
- Heather discusses the issue of anti-fat bias within the healthcare system and shares her personal experience of receiving a diagnosis, which empowered her to become a more effective advocate for her own health.