What's in a Name? The Effects of the Labels “Fat” Versus “Overweight” on Weight Bias

By P. Brochu, Victoria M. Esses. 2011

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Marketing, Pharmacy

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Citations in the corpus

• Weight Bias and Stigma: Public Health Implications and Structural Solutions (2018, background): “Studies show that people tend to express stronger negative attitudes toward and tease or bully individuals with obesity more than people of other stigmatized groups, including racial, sexual, and religious minorities (Brochu & Esses, 2011; Phelan et al., 2014; Puhl, Luedicke, et al., 2011).”
• Weight stigma is stressful. A review of evidence for the Cyclic Obesity/Weight-Based Stigma model. (2014, background): “Overweight individuals are negatively stereotyped, and commonly perceived as lazy, lacking in willpower and control, and unattractive (Brochu & Esses, 2011).”