What Fertility Clinics Don’t Want To Admit About Weight Bias

Author Virginia Sole-Smith ignited a needed conversation with her article, “When You’re Told You’re Too Fat to Get Pregnant.” Virginia joins episode 62 of the Plus Mommy Podcast to talk about her New York Times published article and what fertility clinics don’t want to admit about weight bias.

Recording & Show Notes: Plus Mommy Podcast Episode 62

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Resources Mentioned On The Show:

• Connect with Virginia via her website and Instagram.
• Tune into Virginia’s Comfort Food Podcast and read her book The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America.
• The video Weight Bias in Health Care by Yale University is worth watching.

Virginia’s work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Elle and many other publications. She’s also a contributing editor with Parents Magazine and co-host of Comfort Food Podcast. The Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project have supported several of her projects. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband, two daughters, and three cats.

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