Add to ORKGThe American Medical Association (AMA) hoped that labeling obesity a disease would not only highlight the seriousness of the epidemic and elicit resources but also reduce stigma against obese individuals. In the current work, we tested the consequences of this decision for prejudice against obese individuals. In doing so, we highlighted the complicated link between messages stressing different etiologies of obesity and prejudice. More specifically, we conducted three experimental studies (nStudy1= 188; nStudy2=111; nStudy3=391), randomly assigning participants to either an obesity is a disease message or a weight is changeable message. Our results indicated that messages focused on obesity as a disease, relative to those focused on the chan...
Three studies investigated implicit biases, and their modifiability, against overweight persons. In ...
Abstract Background In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is...
Fatism is one of the few remaining forms of accepted prejudice and is increasing even in the midst o...
In two samples (N=247, N= 291), we examined the link between beliefs and messages about the changeab...
Obesity stigma largely remains a socially acceptable bias with harmful outcomes for its victims. Whi...
In June 2013, the American Medical Association (AMA) made the highly controversial decision to desig...
Obesity stigma largely remains a socially acceptable bias with harmful outcomes for its victims. Whi...
Weight stigma is pervasive and is associated with both reduced physical and psychological health. In...
BACKGROUND:In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is a corres...
Considerable evidence suggests that stereotypical stigmatisation of obesity is psychologically damag...
BACKGROUND: In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is a corre...
Background/Objectives If people who hold anti-fat attitudes believe these attitudes to be true, then...
Weight stigma is pervasive in mass media, including news, movies and television, as well as social m...
Obesity is a stigmatized condition, and research has shown that obesity stigma varies based on the p...
Title: INTRODUCING “SYMBOLIC WEIGHTISM”: DISCOURSES OF AGENCY AND MORALITY IN OBESITY STIGMA Author:...
Three studies investigated implicit biases, and their modifiability, against overweight persons. In ...
Abstract Background In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is...
Fatism is one of the few remaining forms of accepted prejudice and is increasing even in the midst o...
In two samples (N=247, N= 291), we examined the link between beliefs and messages about the changeab...
Obesity stigma largely remains a socially acceptable bias with harmful outcomes for its victims. Whi...
In June 2013, the American Medical Association (AMA) made the highly controversial decision to desig...
Obesity stigma largely remains a socially acceptable bias with harmful outcomes for its victims. Whi...
Weight stigma is pervasive and is associated with both reduced physical and psychological health. In...
BACKGROUND:In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is a corres...
Considerable evidence suggests that stereotypical stigmatisation of obesity is psychologically damag...
BACKGROUND: In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is a corre...
Background/Objectives If people who hold anti-fat attitudes believe these attitudes to be true, then...
Weight stigma is pervasive in mass media, including news, movies and television, as well as social m...
Obesity is a stigmatized condition, and research has shown that obesity stigma varies based on the p...
Title: INTRODUCING “SYMBOLIC WEIGHTISM”: DISCOURSES OF AGENCY AND MORALITY IN OBESITY STIGMA Author:...
Three studies investigated implicit biases, and their modifiability, against overweight persons. In ...
Abstract Background In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is...
Fatism is one of the few remaining forms of accepted prejudice and is increasing even in the midst o...