Towards a United Front against Weight Bias
Journal Title: Social Behavior Research and Practice – Open Journal - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Obesity is considered as one of the most alarming contemporary health issues [1]. Paradoxically, as the prevalence of obesity increases, discrimination against individuals that are considered as overweight is also on the rise [2]. Weight bias associates overweight with negative personal attributes, such as laziness, lack of intelligence and self-discipline, unsuccessfulness and unattractiveness [3]. These biases lead to discrimination, which affects a wide range of the targeted individual’s life dimensions, including education, work and healthcare, as well as interpersonal relationships [4]. The pervasive effect of weight bias is so strong that even average-weight individuals who were formerly obese are rated less favorably by their peers in terms of mate value and personality [5].
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Benoit Brisson
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