Some fat activists are rejecting those who try to lose weight, says a New York academic.

In a keynote presentation at a Massey University conference, Katie LeBesco said the edict against weight loss was a fascinating contrast with the attitudes toward bodily modifications in the trans community.

LeBesco said as she studied the fat acceptance movement's shift towards the mainstream she noticed a tension around weight loss.

Warwick Smith/ Fairfax NZ Katie LeBesco was a keynote speaker at a fat studies conference in Palmerston North.

"It tends to be a difficult conversation for fat activists. Many of them get out and walk out of the room if intentional weight loss comes up."

That tension only increased as more body-positive images, such as Dove's Real Women have Curves ad campaign, appeared in the media.

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