Weight bias : nature, consequences, and remedies

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Frustrated Fatshionistas: An Institutional Theory Perspective on Consumer Quests for Greater Choice in Mainstream Markets (2013, background): “People who are fat are widely regarded as pitiful, pathological, unfortunate, childlike, self-deluding, ugly, disgusting, and/or ignorant (Brownell et al. 2005; Hill 2009).”
The Stigma of Obesity: A Review and Update (2009, background): “Obese individuals are highly stigmatized and face multiple forms of prejudice and discrimination because of their weight (1,2).”