The Health Effects of Being Called "Fat"
Food, We Need To Talk
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Weight Stigma and Mental Health Effects
The experience of weight stigma as a stressor results in unhealthy behaviors like maladaptive eating and disturbed sleep. Having someone critique your appearance can obviously be very, very stressful. Being stigmatized for your weight makes people make poorer food choices and not want to exercise at all because after all, going to the gym means encountering even more weight stigma.
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