San Francisco Hires Consultant to Address Weight Stigma in Public Health
Virgie Tovar, a body positivity advocate, will work with the city's health department to promote weight neutrality and combat weight-based discrimination.
- Virgie Tovar, a self-described expert on weight-based discrimination, has been hired as a consultant for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
- Her role focuses on educating staff about weight neutrality and addressing weight stigma in public health programs.
- The temporary consultancy, part of the Healthy Eating and Active Living program, runs through June 2025 with a $12,000 contract.
- Tovar advocates for weight-neutrality, rejecting traditional metrics like BMI as primary health indicators, and is critical of diet culture and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic.
- This appointment reflects a broader movement to address weight discrimination, with other states like Massachusetts considering legislation to ban weight-based bias.
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