Bias, discrimination, and obesity.

By R. Puhl, K. Brownell. Obesity Research, 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Pharmacy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Social marginalization of overweight children. (2003, background): “Weight-based social discrimination remains a significant concern in adult life.(43) In addition to efforts to improve fitness and nutrition, our results suggest that overweight adolescents may benefit from increased social activities with their school peers.”
Confronting and Coping with Weight Stigma: An Investigation of Overweight and Obese Adults (2006, background): “Introduction As the focus on the obesity epidemic has intensified, there has been increasing recognition of the social consequences of being obese, which are serious and pervasive (1,2).”
Body Weight and the Quality of Interpersonal Relationships (2006, background): “Our next objective is to explore whether the association between BMI and relationship quality persists when correlates of both obesity and interpersonal relationships are controlled.”
Socioeconomic status and obesity. (2007, background): “Regarding occupation, in line with research on stigma and discrimination associated with excess weight (40), it is possible that persons high in the occupational hierarchy may internalize the symbolic value of a thin body and a healthy lifestyle (in line with their class) and at the same time face e”
Behavioural consequences of imagining intergroup contact with stigmatized outgroups (2012, background): “Overweight individuals are often perceived as lazy, socially inept, unhappy, ugly, and stupid (Puhl & Brownell, 2001; Puhl & Latner, 2007).”
Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift (2011, background): “Stigmatization and bias on the part of health care practitioners is welldocumented, resulting in lower quality care [139,140].”
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Medical Guidelines for Clinical Practice for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariatric surgery patient. (2008, neutral): “[353] Puhl R, Brownell KD.”
Obesity stigma: important considerations for public health. (2010, background): “decades of scientific research documenting weight stigma and its consequences for obese individuals.(1,2) Its absence was noted in the1960s”
Changes in Perceived Weight Discrimination Among Americans, 1995–1996 Through 2004–2006 (2008, background): “Overweight and obese individuals are vulnerable to negative societal attitudes, stigma, and prejudice (1,2).”