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Boost Your Body Acceptance For Better Health

Life Kit: Health

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Is Weight Stigma Bad for Your Health?

Janet says, researchers have known that experiencing weight stigma can lead to low self esteem and higher rates of depression. Janet wanted to show what experiencing weigh stigma does to your body, which is why she did a shopping study where she kind of became a mean girl for research weight. The point here is this stigma isn't just hurtful. It's actually bad for public health. We'll talk about them in episode too.

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