Lawrence, B.J., de la Piedad Garcia, X., Kite, J. et al. (4 more authors) (2022) Weight stigma in Australia: a public health call to action. Public Health Research & Practice, 32 (3). e3232224. ISSN 2204-2091
Abstract
People living with obesity experience weight stigma in most social settings. This has a negative impact on their health and quality of life. A primary contributor to weight stigma is the misconception that obesity is caused by factors solely within an individual’s control. However, this disregards the complex and multifaceted nature of obesity. Weight stigma is perpetuated by the media, healthcare practitioners and researchers, and even public health campaigns and policies designed to help people living with obesity. This perspective article is a public health call to action to address weight stigma in Australia. We provide key recommendations for public health researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Lawrence et al. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence, which allows others to redistribute, adapt and share this work non-commercially provided they attribute the work and any adapted version of it is distributed under the same Creative Commons licence terms. See: www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
Keywords: | Humans; Obesity; Public Health; Quality of Life; Australia; Social Stigma; Weight Prejudice |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2023 13:50 |
Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2023 13:50 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | The Sax Institute |
Identification Number: | 10.17061/phrp3232224 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:202015 |