been gaining weight. and so just to have someone else, someone that i considered a close friend, tell me that, it was very hurtful. but also spoke to a societal problem, just the way folks normally think about weight as being lazy, being less productive. and then, there are the beauty standards, which for decades have said skinny is beautiful, fat is not. notions that the likes of lizzo and jamila have outright rejected. for so many people, the fight against body shaming is fundamental to their well being. it s not a health issue, it s a civil rights issue. this woman is with the national association this woman is with the national association to advance fat acceptance. and works closely with city lawmakers on the bill. the hope is by talking about weight discrimination and body size discrimination, and by changing policies about this type of discrimination that we can bring about cultural change.
new regulation banning weight discrimination. award winning rapper lizzo sings about it. life is short. british actress activist, and modeljamila jameel talks about it. essentially i was dismissed because i was a larger woman now so therefore my opinion didn t count as much because i was too lazy to do the work to be slim. more than 2 million people in new york city have been victims of weight discrimination. it is notjust societal stigma. one study says that weight discrimination costs new york city $6.4 billion in 2019. the ayes have it. now the city has added height and weight as protected classes alongside race, age, and gender. this bill was introduced to the city legislature after this man s personal experience of having someone pat his belly. i have known in the past few years that i have
new york is the largest city to pass this kind of legislation. so far, michigan is the only state in the country that has laws banning weight discrimination. advocates want new york state to be next. that brings us to the end of asia business report at this hour. i want to tell you about how the exercise company peloton is recalling over 2 million bikes over fears that the seats could detach during use. owners have been advised to stop using the bikes and the company has received numerous reports of injury including lacerations and a fractured wrist. the bikes soared in popularity during the pandemic after gyms closed but it has since been struggling. its advertisements have been mocked as sexist and its treadmill was recalled for safety issues and it shares plummeted 75% in 2021, in part linked to the depiction of a sex and the city character, mr big, dying from a heart attack on one of their bikes. thanks so much forjoining me.
i have known in the past few years that i have been gaining weight. and so just to have someone else, someone that i considered a close friend, tell me that, it was very hurtful. but also spoke to a societal problem, just the way folks normally think about weight as being lazy, being less productive. and then, there are the beauty standards, which for decades have said skinny is beautiful, fat is not. notions that the likes of lizzo and jameela have outright rejected. for so many people, the fight against body shaming is fundamental to their well being. it s not a health issue, it s a civil rights issue. this woman is with the national association to advance fat acceptance. and works closely with city lawmakers on the bill. the hope is by talking about weight discrimination and body size discrimination, and by changing policies about this type of discrimination that we can bring about cultural change.
the bill is due to be signed into law later this month and it would prohibit discrimination based on a person s actual or perceived weight. we have this report now from new york. award winning rapper lizzo sings about it. life is short. british actress activist, and modeljameela jamil talks about it. essentially i was dismissed because i was a larger woman now so therefore my opinion didn t count as much because i was too lazy to do the work to be slim. more than 2 million people in new york city have been victims of weight discrimination. it is notjust societal stigma. one study says that weight discrimination costs new york city $6.4 billion in 2019. the ayes have it. now the city has added height and weight as protected classes alongside race, age, and gender. this bill was introduced to the city legislature after this man s personal experience of having someone pat his belly.