20 Questions
What percentage of adults in the United States are overweight or obese?
Two-thirds
Which of the following is true about weight stigma?
It translates into treatment that is positive, including social inclusion, acceptance, and understanding.
True or false: Weight stigma leads to weight loss or improved health.
False
True or false: Systematic research has not been conducted in the field of psycho-oncology?
False
What effect does weight stigma have on individuals?
Increased eating
True or false: There is evidence that suggests psychological distress may lead to better prognosis in cancer patients?
False
What is the prevalence of obesity among young people (ages 6–19 years) in the United States?
Almost one in three
True or false: Weight bias is more pronounced against men, younger individuals, and Whites than it is against women, older individuals, and non-White individuals.
False
True or false: Psycho-oncological interventions can help manage pain and fatigue in cancer patients?
True
What are the consequences of weight bias?
Social exclusion, rejection, teasing, bullying, and harassment
True or false: Enacted stigma refers to negative attitudes towards overweight or obese individuals.
False
What is the strongest form of weight bias?
Against women
What is the term for behaviors or policies that emanate from bias towards stigmatized groups?
Enacted stigma
Which of the following is true about enacted stigma?
It refers to behaviors or policies that emanate from bias toward stigmatized groups.
True or false: Cancer-related hormonal changes do not interfere with sexual function?
False
True or false: Overweight or obese individuals are typically treated with respect and acceptance.
False
True or false: Changes in body image and self-esteem play an important role in sexual dysfunction in cancer patients?
True
True or false: The available evidence suggests that weight stigma can be used as a health promotion tool.
False
What is the relationship between heavier body weight and type 2 diabetes?
Heavier body weight individuals are more likely than those of average weight to experience type 2 diabetes.
What is the most common form of weight-based mistreatment?
Bullying
Study Notes
- Obesity has increased dramatically in industrialized nations in the past few decades.
- More than two-thirds of adults in the United States are now considered to be overweight or obese.
- Among young people (ages 6–19 years), almost one in three are considered to be overweight or obese.
- Heavier body weight individuals are more likely than those of average weight to experience type 2 diabetes.
- Heavier body weight individuals are more likely than those of average weight to have shorter lifespans.
- Weight stigma is a pervasive and severe form of discrimination that has negative consequences for individuals across a broad array of life domains.
- Weight stigma leads to increased eating and other biobehavioral mechanisms that can lead to weight gain or inhibit weight loss.
- The available evidence argues against the use of weight stigma as a health-promotion tool.
- Stigma against overweight and obese individuals is pervasive and results in negative attitudes, discrimination, and poorer mental and physical health.
- Stigma is strongest for women, younger individuals, and Whites, and less severe for men, older individuals, and non-White individuals.
- Individuals who are overweight or obese often elicit disgust and are morally discredited.
- Weight bias is more pronounced against women, younger individuals, and Whites than it is against men, older individuals, and non-White individuals.
- Weight bias is a pervasive and negative attitude toward people who are overweight or obese.
- Weight bias translates into treatment that is negative, including social exclusion, rejection, teasing, bullying, and harassment.
- Enacted stigma refers to behaviors or policies that emanate from bias toward stigmatized groups.
- Overweight children and adults are frequent targets of enacted stigma across multiple life domains.
- Weight-based mistreatment is pervasive and increasing.
Explore the pervasive issue of weight stigma, its impact on individuals' health and well-being, and the negative consequences it has on society. Learn about the prevalence of weight bias, its manifestation in different demographics, and its implications for public health.
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