San Francisco's new 'weight czar' Virgie Tovar remarked that 'no one has to be healthy' or owes being that to others in a resurfaced 2022 interview.
San Francisco's new self-described 'anti-weight-based discrimination' expert is catching some attention online for a 2022 video where she insisted 'no one has to be healthy,' while speaking out against 'fatphobia.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health brought in Tovar, a consistent critic of 'diet culture' and 'fatphobia,' to consult on 'weight stigma and weight neutrality,' though details of the position are not clearly defined.
Fox News' Yael Halon contributed to this report.
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