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Preferred term
societal views of body size
Definition
- Overweight and obese individuals are susceptible to discrimination due to their body size and weight in many of their social circles (school, work, family, and home). Coined “the last acceptable form of prejudice,” such discrimination makes targets of ridicule of those who significantly deviate from America's thin ideal, from kindergarten (Davison & Birch, 2001) through the school years (Eisenberg, Neumark-Sztainer, & Story, 2003; Strauss & Pollack, 2003) and into college and adulthood (Puhl & Brownell, 2001; Wee, McCarthy, Davis, & Phillips, 2000). [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Body Size, Societal Views of]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/societal_views_of_body_size
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