San Francisco Health Department hires 'fat positivity' expert to consult on 'weight stigma and neutrality'

Virgie Tovar, the author of 'You Have the Right to Remain Fat" and other published works on "fat positivity and body acceptance" announced on her Instagram Monday that she was hired to consult for the department, calling the collaboration an "absolute dream come true."

"I'm unbelievably proud to serve the city I've called home for almost 20 years in this way!" she wrote. "This consultancy is an absolute dream come true, and it's my biggest hope and belief that weight neutrality will be the future of public health."

It is unclear what role Tovar will play within the department. The San Francisco Department of Public Health did not respond when asked by Fox News Digital about details of Tovar's consultancy.

"I really believed that this was about my heath. I really believed my doctor was right and so I was using the language of getting "better" but I was actually deeply in the throes of anorexia," she said.

"1. Talk less or not at all about how you and others eat at work," she wrote. "2. Talk less or not at all about you or others' bodies at work. 3. Talk less or not at all about exercise at work. 4. Don't presume that food, weight, body size or exercise are safe or comfortable topics to discuss at work for everyone."

She has also been critical of the characterization of obesity as a "disease."

Tovar offers DEI corporate trainings, per her website, which lists the Seattle Transit Agency, UC Berkely and other notable companies as former clients.

Tovar could not be reached by Fox News Digital for comment.