Fighting Weight Bias and Obesity Stigma: a Call for Action
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DOI: 10.1007/s11695-020-04525-0
Abstract: Obesity is a complex medical condition, influenced by several factors. Weight bias refers to pervasive negative weight-related attitudes or beliefs, expressed as stereotypes, prejudice, and even open discrimination toward individuals because they have obesity. Obesity… read more here.
Keywords: bias obesity; weight bias; obesity stigma; obesity ... See more keywords
Can Raising Awareness about the Psychological Causes of Obesity Reduce Obesity Stigma?
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DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1283566
Abstract: ABSTRACT Obesity stigma largely remains a socially acceptable bias with harmful outcomes for its victims. While many accounts have been put forward to explain the bias, the role of obesity etiology beliefs has received little… read more here.
Keywords: raising awareness; etiology; psychological causes; obesity stigma ... See more keywords
A sympathetic nervous system evaluation of obesity stigma
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185703
Abstract: The portrayal of obesity in the media is often one of negativity. Consequently, it may generate an increase in stigma. Obesity stigma, a form of social discrimination, is responsible for many of the negative psychological… read more here.
Keywords: system evaluation; sympathetic nervous; nervous system; obesity stigma ... See more keywords