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‘No compassion… just blame’: how weight stigma in maternity care harms larger-bodied women and their babies

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par Briony Hill, Deputy Head, Health and Social Care Unit and Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
Haimanot Hailu, PhD Candidate, Health and Social Care Unit, Monash University

According to a study from the United States, women experience weight stigma in maternity care at almost every visit. We expect this experience to be similar in Australia, where more than 50% of women of reproductive age live in larger bodies.

Weight stigma can present as stereotyping, negative attitudes and discriminatory actions towards…

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