117 Yale L.J. 1900 (2008).

Being fat is one of the most devastating social stigmas today. In seeking a legal remedy, commentators and advocates appeal to existing models of employment discrimination: disability, race, sex, and more recently, appearance. Fat people do face discrimination along these fronts. Weight discrimination, however, is a distinct form of discrimination. Weight discrimination blames fat people for their excess weight. Commentators fail to address the central problem when they ignore this unique psychological mechanism. More broadly, commentators miss the boat by focusing entirely on weight discrimination in employment. To really aid fat people, commentators and advocates should begin with an even more harmful area of weight discrimination: health care and health insurance.