ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2020
Appearance-focused media use as a moderator of the relationship between fear of fat and weight bias: an exploratory study.
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- Assessing exposure to weight stigma: development and initial validation of the Weight Stigma Exposure Inventory (WeSEI).Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Fear of Fat, Processes of Change, and Weight-Related Behaviors in Mexican and Spanish Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Women are lean and men are also lean: nutrition titles in women's and men's health magazines.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Reducing anti-fat bias toward the self and others: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- The perceptions of healthcare practitioners on obesity management in Peninsular Malaysia: a cross-sectional survey.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Influence and effects of weight stigmatisation in media: A systematic.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposePrevious research has found that fear of fat, or the fear of gaining weight, is fairly common within both normative and clinical populations. Similarly, weight bias, or biased attitudes directed at obese individuals, has been found across multiple segments of society. A common link shared between fear of fat and weight bias is the inherent emphasis on anti-fat feelings. Previous research has demonstrated an anti-fat bias within media content. Therefore, the purpose of the current research is to examine exposure to appearance-focused media as a moderator of the relationship between fear of fat and weight bias.
methodsOne hundred and eighty-seven female participants (M
resultsResults of this study suggest that appearance-focused media partially moderated the relationship between fear of fat and weight bias.
conclusionsThis suggests the messages portrayed by the media may be strengthening the relationship between fear of gaining weight and discrimination directed at obese individuals. Understanding this relationship has important implications for reducing weight stigma. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
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