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Listen… and Speak: A Discussion of Weight Bias, its Intersections with Homophobia, Racism, and Misogyny, and Their Impacts on Health

Gerry Kasten RD, MSc FDC^ab

^aHealthy Living, Sea to Sky, Vancouver Coastal Health, Squamish, BC

^bFood, Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Published on the web 14 August 2018.

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 2018, 79(3): 133-138, https://doi.org/10.3148/cjdpr-2018-023

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