Pubblicati da Rita Tanas

Meccanismi con i quali lo Stigma sul peso sostiene e aggrava l’epidemia dell’Obesità soprattutto delle donne e dei bambini. Stigma and the perpetuation of obesity.

Brewis AA. Soc Sci Med. 2014 Oct;118:152-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25124079 Abstract Even as obesity rates reach new highs, the social stigmatization of obesity seems to be strengthening and globalizing. This review identifies at least four mechanisms by which a pervasive environment of fat stigma could reinforce high body weights or promote weight gain, ultimately driving population-level obesity. […]