Speakout Against Fat Hatred
Tags: OBESITY -- Social aspects; OVERWEIGHT persons -- Social conditions
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- NewsBites. // Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter;Nov2006, Vol. 24 Issue 9, p3
The article presents news briefs. The annual report by the Trust for America's Health found that Nevada was the only state to decrease its percentage of obese adults in 2005. Janet Collins of the Centers for Disease Control noted that the states with the greatest obesity problem also suffer...
- Social stigma of overweight hits hard. // Healthy Weight Journal;May/Jun94, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p46
Discusses a study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health that found that being overweight at age 16 to 24 has important social and economic consequences, probably associated with stigma and discrimination. Finding about women and men in the study; Marital status, income and...
- Some Psychological and Social Factors Present in the Condition of Obesity. Kaplan, Steven // Journal of Rehabilitation;Oct-Dec79, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p52
Focuses on the psychological and social factors present in the condition of obesity in the U.S. Discussion on the etiology of obesity; Social stigma attached to obesity; Resultant psychological damages to obese persons.
- Our fat-phobic society. Harris, Barbara // Shape;Mar93, Vol. 12 Issue 7, p12
Editorial. Opposes procedures American culture uses to coerce women to conform to unhealthy obsession with thinness. Concepts pertinent to dieting; Statistics on dieting; Cultural pressure; Social and emotional cost of obesity; Physical health risks; Shape magazine features.
- Obesity affects socioeconomic status. // Total Health;Apr94, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p34
Reports on the likelihood of obese women to earn less and have less chances of marrying than other women. New England Journal of Medicine's report; Findings about obese men.
- The social epidemiology of obesity. Sobal, Jeffrey // Human Ecology;Spring90, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p17
Describes the prevalence of obesity among various social groups and explains how obesity reflects larger social patterns and processes. Literature review of 144 studies that present data on socioeconomic status and obesity; Factors affecting the prevalence of obesity; Obesity and marriage.
- Who Pays for Obesity? Bhattacharya, Jay // NBER Reporter;Fall2008, Issue 3, p4
The article presents a research on the costs of obesity. It discusses the implications obtained by obese individuals including medical and financial costs. It states that the prevalence of these costs is private and paid for by obese individuals themselves and that costs which are identified as...
- CHILDHOOD OBESITY. Greifner, Laura // Education Week;8/1/2007, Vol. 26 Issue 44, p12
The article reports on a study reported in the July issue of "Psychological Bulletin". The study found that in 2007 overweight children are more likely to be teased about their weight than they were 40 years ago, that as early as age 3, peers, parents, and teachers stigmatize overweight...
- Impact of cumulative area-based adverse socioeconomic environment on body mass index and overweight. Regidor, E.; Guti�rrez-Fisac, J.L.; Ronda, E.; Calle, M.E.; Mart�nez, D.; Dom�nguez, V. // Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health;Mar2008, Vol. 62 Issue 3, p231
Objective: Although the relationship between area socioeconomic environment and obesity is known, previous research has measured area socioeconomic environment at only one point in time. This study evaluates the relationship of cumulative area-based adverse socioeconomic environment with body...
