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National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance  

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  • The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA), founded in 1969, is a nonprofit human rights organization whose purpose is to improve the quality of life for fat people. NAAFA has five primary purposes, as stated on its Web site: to fight discrimination and work for equal opportunity for fat people; to disseminate information about the consequences of being fat, including the psychological, sociological, legal, medical and physiological aspects; to sponsor research; to encourage obese people to accept themselves and to promote their acceptance in society; and to serve as a forum to address the issues of fat people. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance]

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