World Obesity Day 11 October 2018
The social stigma of obesity or anti-fat bias has created negative psychosocial impact and has broadly defined as bias (prejudicial and negative attitudes, beliefs, and/or stereotypes) or discriminatory behaviors targeted at the individual, because of their weight. Such social stigmas can span one's entire life, as long as the excess weight is present, starting from a young age and lasting into adulthood. Several studies from across the world incident overweight and obese individuals experience higher levels of stigma relative to their thinner counterparts.
For #WorldObesityDay 2018 we are raising awareness about the prevalence, severity, and diversity of weight stigma. Stigma occurs in a wide variety of settings and the media has been identified as one of the main perpetrators. Current media portrayals of obesity reinforce inaccurate and negative stereotypes about weight which can lead to weight stigma.
We are calling on all media outlets to end their use of stigmatizing language and imagery and instead portray obesity in a fair, accurate and informative manner.
Also, there are many of my blogs about Obesity:
Also, there are many of my blogs about Obesity:
History of obesity and their prevention
https://drfarooqeliteclinic.blogspot.com/2017/10/history-of-obesity-and-their-prevention.html
https://drfarooqeliteclinic.blogspot.com/2018/02/lifestyle-diseases.html
https://drfarooqeliteclinic.blogspot.com/2018/04/how-to-reduce-weight.html
https://drfarooqeliteclinic.blogspot.com/2017/07/fast-food-and-health-junk-foods-dark.html
https://drfarooqeliteclinic.blogspot.com/2018/02/dr-hahnemann-as-father-of-modern.html
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