In this solo episode of The Body Grievers Club, Bri gets real about the question she hears constantly: “Can I be fat and healthy?” She unpacks why “health” is not a moral scorecard, why definitions matter, and how fear and shame sneak into our health journeys. Drawing from her clinical background and lived experience, Bri reframes health as amoral, explores correlation vs. causation in weight research, and offers practical ways to pursue care without handing your humanity to a BMI chart.

TIME STAMPS:

02:10 Why your personal definition of health matters

06:00 How medical fatphobia shows up and why health ≠ morality

13:20 What the research really says

16:00 Why food/movement is only 30% of the picture

20:45 Why “doing everything right” doesn’t guarantee health

27:10 Practical tips for navigating doctors

29:40 Exploring what it means to choose health behaviors (or not) without shame

RESOURCES:

Concepts: Social Determinants of Health, Patient Bill of Rights, Stacey Bias’s “Fat Archetypes”
Bri's 7 Steps from Body Grief to Body Acceptance

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