Body weight is in some ways a trickier topic for sociology students than other stigmas. One professor explains how he approaches the challenge of discussing it.

The perception of weight discrimination shapes both people’s experience of their own weight status and their disability outcomes.

When did heaviness and curviness in women become connected with the idea of "savagery"? It has a lot to do with 19th-century imperialist world views.

If hunger is moral purity, self-care a purchasable commodity, and wellness a stand-in for thinness, what does health really mean?

Nutrition labels are changing for the first time since they were introduced two decades ago.

Weight loss is a biological problem, and it will require a biological solution.

There are still strides to be made in nutrition development.