Obesity and Stigma

A recent study published in The Lancet has described how many doctors do not address some patient’s weight due to lack of time, fear of causing offence, and doubting that interventions will be effective. This is in spite of official guidelines recommending...

A new study based at Harvard University has analysed the effect of weight discrimination over a 10 year period. Using a long-term national study in the USA, the researchers approached respondents who reported regularly experiencing discrimination because...

There is a deep disconnect between the way patients perceive obesity, and their healthcare providers. This is based on a recent qualitative study, due to be released in 2016; it suggests that clinicians are far too scientific in their understanding, and...

Obese people are often the target of stigmatisation and discrimination, they are sometimes stereotyped as lazy and unmotivated. There has been research into these kinds of behaviours towards adults, however the extent of weight stigmatisation amongst...

A new study has shown the greater part of normal-weight adolescents (84% of girls, 83% of boys) correctly acknowledge themselves as ‘about the right weight’. Overestimation of weight and overall size has become very uncommon, with only 7% of normal-weight...