Towards a United Front against Weight Bias

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Authors

  • Carole-Anne Leblanc Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières,Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H7, Canada
  • Elisabeth Marquis Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières,Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H7, Canada
  • Marie-Pierre Gagnon-Girouard Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières,Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H7, Canada
  • Benoit Brisson Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières,Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H7, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17140/SBRPOJ-3-e004

Keywords:

Weight Bias, Obesity, health issues, Paradoxically

Abstract

Obesity is considered as one of the most alarming contemporary health issues.1 Paradoxically, as the prevalence of obesity increases, discrimination against individuals that are considered as overweight is also on the rise.2 Weight bias associates overweight with negative personal attributes, such as laziness, lack of intelligence and self-discipline, unsuccessfulness and unattractiveness.3 These biases lead to discrimination, which affects a wide range of the targeted individual’s life dimensions, including education, work and healthcare, as well as interpersonal relationships.

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2017-09-26

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Carole-Anne Leblanc, Elisabeth Marquis, Marie-Pierre Gagnon-Girouard, & Benoit Brisson. (2017). Towards a United Front against Weight Bias. Social Behavior Research and Practice, 3(1), e1-e2. https://doi.org/10.17140/SBRPOJ-3-e004

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2018): Volume 3 Issue 1 2018

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