NAAFA strongly encourages a federally funded agency like the CDC to reconsider a policy and practice that would legitimizes any form of discrimination and to adopt a Health At Every Size (HAES) perspective.
NAAFA urges the CDC to promote wellness programs for all people, regardless of size. NAAFA asks the CDC to promote healthy eating and advocate movement programs for all people, regardless of size.
NAAFA asks everyone who is equally concerned by the CDC’s decision to adopt such a discriminatory policy to join with NAAFA by clicking on this link and signing the petition to stamp out size discrimination http://www.ipetitions.com/
NAAFA urges everyone to contact your congressional representatives and ask that they insist the CDC stop promoting a policy that goes against the very concept of diversity, inclusion and wellness for everybody. For more information about NAAFA’s Size Diversity Toolkit geared towards HR professionals/
Founded in 1969, NAAFA is a non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for fat people. NAAFA works to eliminate discrimination based on body size and provide fat people with the tools for self-empowerment through public education, advocacy, and member support.
