Quote:However, she noted that “obesity” is a word that may create stigma. Faculty members need to think about weight as a “diversity issue,” she said. Solovay hopes the university takes training a step further by incorporating weight-related stigma training into its other diversity or harassment prevention training programs.

Training about weight diversity shouldn’t be an “afterthought,” she said.

Quote:Don't be mislead. While his remark was gauche, the bigger offense is clearly proposing that obese people are responsible for their behavior. This is a sin against "victimhood." How dare he attribute a condition like obesity to "will power"? Will power - a college professor said this! Everyone knows it is a sickness. Why he's judging a poor unfortunate sick person who actually needs pity and therapy. This person probably deserves special consideration and workplace accommodation for his or her time in the PhD program because of disability, rather than ostracism!