San Francisco Health Department Hires ‘Expert on Weight-Based Discrimination’

Virgie Tovar, the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat, has been hired as a “consultant on weight stigma and weight neutrality” by the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

“[I]t’s my biggest hope and belief that weight neutrality will be the future of public health,” Tovar wrote on social media when announcing her new position. The San Francisco Department of Public Health’s “Health Eating and Active Living” program hired Tovar to work through June 30, 2025 and educate staff about weight stigma and body positivity, per the San Francisco Chronicle. Tovar will be paid $12,000.

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Virgie Tovar, the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat, has been hired as a “consultant on weight stigma and weight neutrality” by the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

“[I]t’s my biggest hope and belief that weight neutrality will be the future of public health,” Tovar wrote on social media when announcing her new position. The San Francisco Department of Public Health’s “Health Eating and Active Living” program hired Tovar to work through June 30, 2025 and educate staff about weight stigma and body positivity, per the San Francisco Chronicle. Tovar will be paid $12,000.