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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
TEACHING TOLERANCE MUST-READ
Fat ... So?
In schools across the country, kids who are heavier than their classmates experience size bias from peers and adults. And school health programs can sometimes hurt more than they help. Experts from the size-acceptance community, whose views are often omitted from health debates, offer a fresh perspective: eat healthy foods, stay active, and don't worry about your size.
BOOKS
Younger Students (K-6)
The Autobiography of Meatball Finkelstein by Ross Venokur. Random House Books for Young Readers (2001)
Fat, Fat Rose Marie by Lisa Passen. Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated (1991)
It's Not Your Fault That You're Overweight: A Story of Enlightenment, Empowerment, and Accomplishment for Overweight and Obese Kids by Merilee A. Kern. Wheatmark, Incorporated (2005)
Jonah the Whale by Susan Shreve. Scholastic, Inc. (1999)
Owen Foote, Second Grade Strongman by Stephanie Greene. Houghton Mifflin Company (2001)
Shapesville by Andy Mills and Becky Osborn. Gurze Books (2003)
Social Discrimination and Body Size: Too Big to Fit? by Autumn Libal, Victor F. Garcia. Mason Crest Publishers (2005)
Older Students (7-12)
Colder than Ice by David Patneaude, Kathy Tucker (Editor). Albert Whitman (2003)
Fat Boy Swim by Catherine Forde. Random House Publishing Group (2006)
Fat Camp by Deborah Blumenthal. Penguin Group (2006)
Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going. Penguin Young Readers Group (2004)
His Grandfather's Capby Philip J. Pratt, Marybeth Timmer. Distinctive Publishing Corporation (1995)
Kissing the Rain by Kevin Brooks. Scholastic, Inc. (2005)
Life in the Fat Lane by Cherie Bennett. Random House Children's Books (1999)
One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte. HarperCollins Children's Books (1991)
Parallel Universe of Liars by Kathleen Jeffrie, Jeffrie Johnson. Roaring Brook Press (2002)
Pig and the Shrink by Pamela Todd. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers (2000)
What Are You Looking At?: The First Fat Fiction Anthology by Donna Jarrell, Ira Sukrungruang (Editors). Harcourt (2003)
CAMPAIGNS
Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
An initiative that challenges narrow stereotypes about physical appearance, celebrates women’s many shapes and sizes, and aims to foster a broader, healthier and more democratic view of beauty.
Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
An ongoing public education effort started by New Moon Magazine, and now coordinated by Mind on the Media, that fosters awareness of women's and girls' images in the media, promotes healthy body image and expands the definition of what makes people beautiful.
uniquely ME! THE GIRL SCOUT/DOVE SELF-ESTEEM PROGRAM
A campaign designed to foster self-esteem in girls, ages 8-17, which addresses the issues of body image and obesity.
VIDEOS
Body Image: The Quest for Perfection
A documentary that explores the objectification of women's bodies in mass media and profiles seven women who discuss society's preoccupation with body image. To purchase, contact info@berkeleymedia.com, or call 510-486-9900.
Dove Campaign for Real Beauty Evolution Film
This short film illustrates how our ideas of beauty have become distorted by the media. It features the evolution.
Fat
This PBS FRONTLINE program explores the causes of the obesity crisis, looking at how media and cultural ideals, as well as biology and genetics, influence our relationship with food. Part of the program examines the pain and suffering of obese people who confront fat prejudice everyday.
Self Image: The Fantasy, The Reality
This PBS In the Mix program explores the American obsession with body image, which is driving teens to diet, use steroids, develop dangerous eating disorders and create a lifelong cycle of low self-esteem.
THE TEEN FILES FLIPPED: Tolerance
This MTV program explores the origins and characteristics of hate through the eyes of two teens: one, intolerant of obesity, and the other, offended by homosexuality. Misled into believing that they were chosen as the two hosts of a new MTV show, the teenagers find themselves in situations that force them to come face-to-face with their own insecurities, bigotry and hatred. For copies, call 212.846.6982.
WEBSITES AND ONLINE REPORTS
About-Face Facts on Body Image
AdiosBarbie.com: A body image site for every body
American Obesity Association
Council on Size and Weight Discrimination
Girl Scouts of the USA
International Size Acceptance Association
KidsHealth
NAASO, The Obesity Society
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
National Education Association Report On Size Discrimination
National Women's Health Information Center's Loving Your Body Inside and Out
Obesity Law and Advocacy Center
Radiance Magazine's Kids Project
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity |
