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Does weight-related stigmatisation and discrimination depend on educational attainment and level of income? A systematic review.
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- Beyond dietary therapy: addressing weight stigma awareness in medical students.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
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- The impact of weight self-stigma on appearance anxiety among female college students: a variable-centered and person-centered analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Analysis of inequities between demographic and social determinants associated with overweight and obesity.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Does obesity create a relative sense of excess poverty?Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Weight stigma, welfare stigma, and political values: Evidence from a representative British survey.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Article
- The relationship between weight self-stigma, depression and loneliness in people with obesity.African health sciences · 2023Article
- Is the perceived public stigma of smokers associated with value opposites? An exploratory cross-sectional analysis of Norwegian data 2011-2013.Frontiers in sociology · 2023Article
- Assessment of obesity stigma and discrimination among Spanish subjects with a wide weight range: the OBESTIGMA study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Anti-fat attitudes among Spanish general population: Psychometric properties of the anti-fat attitudes scale.Clinical obesity · 2022Article
- Body Mass and Income: Gender and Occupational Differences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Do Registered Dietitians, Nutrition Students, and Laypeople Perceive Individuals with Obesity Differently?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Patient Recommendations for Providers to Avoid Stigmatizing Weight in Rural-Based Women With Low Income.Journal of patient-centered research and reviews · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesObesity is considered a global health issue, because of its health-related consequences and also because of its impact on social status as a result of stigma. This study aims to review the quantitative state of research regarding socioeconomic characteristics' influence on weight-related stigmatisation and discrimination. Based on Bourdieu's Theory of Class and his concept of 'habitus', it is assumed that people with a higher level of education and income show stronger negative attitudes towards people with obesity.
methodA narrative systematic literature review was conducted in 2017 using PubMed, PsychINFO, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library. Seventeen studies that measured weight bias and either educational attainment or level of income were included in the analysis.
resultsThe results of the studies included were inconsistent: six of these studies were found to support the hypothesis, whereas two of the studies contradicted it. The remaining seven studies did not show any significant correlation between weight bias and either education or income.
conclusionIn light of the inconsistent and heterogeneous results of the studies that report a significant association between weight bias and socioeconomic variables, the findings must be discussed concerning their cultural context, that is, cultural and governmental differences. Furthermore, educational attainment seems to be more likely to predict weight bias than income. The review revealed a lack of research when it came to examining the impact of socioeconomic capital on weight bias.
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