Stigmatisation of a Formerly Obese Young Female

BACKGROUND: Weight loss does not necessarily decrease the negative appraisal of a formerly overweight individual. Since past weight history tends to be disclosed in several contexts, this study aims to investigate whether negative appraisals are gender-specific and if they are modulated by the evalu...

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Autores principales: Tucci, Sonia A., Boyland, Emma J., Halford, Jason C.G., Harrold, Joanne A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger GmbH 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24107842
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000355713
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author Tucci, Sonia A.
Boyland, Emma J.
Halford, Jason C.G.
Harrold, Joanne A.
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description BACKGROUND: Weight loss does not necessarily decrease the negative appraisal of a formerly overweight individual. Since past weight history tends to be disclosed in several contexts, this study aims to investigate whether negative appraisals are gender-specific and if they are modulated by the evaluators’ own BMI. METHODS: 202 young adults (106 male and 96 female) viewed a picture of a young attractive female (target) accompanied by one of two statements about her past weight (overweight (OW) or always kept a normal weight (NW)), and then rated her using the Fat Phobia Scale (FPS). RESULTS: Female evaluators rated the target with the OW statement more negatively than the target with the NW statement. In contrast, males exposed to the OW statement rated the target as having fewer emotional/psychological problems and being less stupid/uncreative. BMI only influenced ratings in males, where those with higher BMI ascribed more negative attributes to the target with the NW statement than the OW statement. CONCLUSION: Information on weight history impacts upon the appraisal of peers. These effects are dependent on gender and BMI. Knowing that a young female was overweight triggered negative evaluations from females but did not appear to impact the judgment of males.
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spelling pubmed-56447802017-12-04 Stigmatisation of a Formerly Obese Young Female Tucci, Sonia A. Boyland, Emma J. Halford, Jason C.G. Harrold, Joanne A. Obes Facts Original Article BACKGROUND: Weight loss does not necessarily decrease the negative appraisal of a formerly overweight individual. Since past weight history tends to be disclosed in several contexts, this study aims to investigate whether negative appraisals are gender-specific and if they are modulated by the evaluators’ own BMI. METHODS: 202 young adults (106 male and 96 female) viewed a picture of a young attractive female (target) accompanied by one of two statements about her past weight (overweight (OW) or always kept a normal weight (NW)), and then rated her using the Fat Phobia Scale (FPS). RESULTS: Female evaluators rated the target with the OW statement more negatively than the target with the NW statement. In contrast, males exposed to the OW statement rated the target as having fewer emotional/psychological problems and being less stupid/uncreative. BMI only influenced ratings in males, where those with higher BMI ascribed more negative attributes to the target with the NW statement than the OW statement. CONCLUSION: Information on weight history impacts upon the appraisal of peers. These effects are dependent on gender and BMI. Knowing that a young female was overweight triggered negative evaluations from females but did not appear to impact the judgment of males. S. Karger GmbH 2013-10 2013-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5644780/ /pubmed/24107842 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000355713 Text en Copyright © 2013 by S. Karger GmbH, Freiburg http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable tothe online version of the article only. Distribution permitted for non-commercial purposes only.
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Halford, Jason C.G.
Harrold, Joanne A.
Stigmatisation of a Formerly Obese Young Female
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24107842
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000355713
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