Ragen Chastain

Ragen Chastain, MEd, BCPA, is a speaker, writer, researcher, board certified patient advocate, multi-certified health and fitness professional, and thought leader in weight science, weight stigma, and healthcare. Utilizing her background in research methods and statistics, Ragen has brought her signature mix of engaging, accessible style and rigorous science to healthcare, corporate, conference, and college audiences from Massachusetts General Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering, to Amazon and Google, to Dartmouth, Cal Tech and the Yale School of Medicine.
Author of Weight and Healthcare co-author of the Health at Every Size Health Sheets, and editor of the anthology The Politics of Size, Ragen is frequently featured as an expert in print, radio, television, podcasts, and documentary film. In her free time, Ragen is a triathlete and marathoner who holds the Guinness World Record for Heaviest Woman to Complete a Marathon. Ragen lives in Oregon with her fiancée Julianne and a rotating cast of foster dogs.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ragen Chastain has an employment relationship with WeightandHealthcare.com. She is a national spokesperson on Council on Size and Weight Discrimination and receives compensation as a content reviewer. Ragen Chastain receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ragen Chastain is a member of the Association for Weight and Size Inclusive Medicine, the Colorado Alliance for Size Equity, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, and the Association for Size Diversity.