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Cat Pause, an academic whose research explored the impacts of “fat stigma”, has died.

[…] Labour MP Deborah Russell shared news of Pause’s death on Saturday […]

“I know very few details except that our darling friend died in her sleep last night. I am so very sad, and I know that many in academic and union circles will be shocked and saddened too,”

Pause spoke to Stuff in January about the discrimination fat people face in their everyday lives, especially in regard to healthcare. […]

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