The San Francisco Health Department hired a ‘fat positivity’ influencer to consult on “weight stigma and weight neutrality.”
The new weight stigma czar, Virgie Tovar, is a self-described expert on “anti-weight-based discrimination.”
Tovar, author of “You Have the Right to Remain Fat,” boasted about her new role as a consultant on “weight neutrality” on social media on Monday.
“I’m UNBELIEVABLY proud to serve the city I’ve called home for almost 20 years in this way!” she wrote. “This consultancy is an absolute dream come true, and it’s my biggest hope and belief that weight neutrality will be the future of public health,” Virgie Tovar said.