The Health Effects of Being Called "Fat"
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Weight Stigma
Christina Emma is a psychologist and doctoral student from the University of Manheim in Germany. Weight stigma describes the societal degradation through negatives, attitudes or beliefs towards a person based on their weight. "For some reason, we think that mistreating people because of their weight is a legitimate way to act", she says.
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