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Hannah had a constant piercing pain in her lower stomach.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)

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Hannah delayed going to the doctor for fear of being judged.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)
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Hannah says she received a verbal and emotional gut punch from her doctor.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)

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Louise Cork runs a naturopathy clinic in Ballarat.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)

A pregnant woman takes a selfie in the mirror.
Louise gained around 2.5 kilograms throughout her pregnancy.(Supplied: Louise Cork)
A pregnant woman with a dog on her lap takes a selfie while laying on the couch.
Everything about Louise's pregnancy had been fine until her visit to a midwife.(Supplied: Louise Cork)

A woman in her hospital bed holding her newborn baby.
Louise son was born with no complications.(Supplied: Louise Cork)

A woman wearing glasses sits at a desk in front of a laptop.
Terri-Lynne South is a GP and dietitian specialising in obesity.(Supplied: Dean Canton)

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Annie went to a GP about an earache but was told to book in with a surgeon for weight-loss surgery.(Supplied/ABC: Sharon Gordon)

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Emily's pregnancy was plagued with comments about her weight.(Supplied/ABC: Sharon Gordon)

A woman wearing a black dress holds her baby in the air.
Tabitha went to her doctor because she was nauseous and vomiting.(Supplied/ABC: Sharon Gordon)

A woman holds a punnet of strawberries while standing in a plant nursery.
Zoe went to her GP for a mental health referral for suspected ADHD.(Supplied/ABC: Sharon Gordon)

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Chelsea hurt her back playing netball and could barely walk. (Supplied/ABC: Sharon Gordon)

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Evie says she's always felt judged because of the body she was born in.(Supplied: Evie Gardner)
A girl wearing white and pink clothes holds a sausage.
Evie as a young child.(Supplied: Evie Gardner)
A woman poses for a selfie in the mirror after completing a fitness challenge.
Evie believes weight stigma permeates every aspect of our lives.(Supplied: Evie Gardner)
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Evie has pursued a PhD in weight inclusivity.(ABC News: Alice Pavlovic)

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Fat is a word Evie is content to ascribe to herself, as is happy.(Supplied: Evie Gardner)
Two women stop for a photo while out for a walk.
The word Evie doesn't use or own is obesity.(Supplied: Evie Gardner)
A woman stands on a bridge over water and poses for a photo.
Evie says using the word obesity can do more harm than good.(Supplied: Evie Gardner)
A woman holds a bouquet of flowers while sitting in a hospital bed.
Evie says the public health messaging around obesity affected her self-worth.(Supplied: Evie Gardner)

A woman wearing exercise clothes poses for the camera.
Evie wants to make the health system more inclusive for larger-bodied women.(ABC News: Alice Pavlovic)

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A woman wearing glasses sits with her hands in her lap and looks towards the camera.
Fiona Willer is a lecturer in nutrition and dietetics at QUT.(Supplied: Dean Canton)

A woman sits at the table and works on her laptop.
Kara Parker balances her career as a nurse with midwifery study and three kids.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)

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Kara says doctors remain fixated on treating her as a BMI label rather than a human.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)

A woman stands in her backyard with one foot on top of a ball.
Kara says weight stigma has pervaded every element of her life.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)

A woman cuts fruit on a chopping board.
Seeing the stigma now pass along to her children makes Kara mad.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)

A woman stands in a laneway between two buildings.
Louise still occasionally thinks of the lecture the midwife gave her six years ago.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)

A woman pours liquid from a large measuring tube into a small bottle.
Louise returned to university to study naturopathy.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)

Medical equipment sits on a desk.
Louise sees different people with different weight presentations.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)

A woman smiles as she looks at a computer screen.
Everything Louise does is inspired by her own experience.(ABC News: Daniel Miles)

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