Weight stigma, welfare stigma, and political values: Evidence from a representative British survey.

ABSTRACT: Obesity-related stigma is increasingly recognised as a public health issue, with serious implications for mental and physical health. However, very little is known about what drives inter-individual differences in obesity-stigmatizing views, and how they are distributed in the population. If views about obesity are not independent of a person's wider beliefs and values, this must be understood so that obesity stigma can be effectively tackled. In a representative sample of British adults aged 18-97 (N = 2186), we explore predictors of weight-stigmatizing attitudes. We consider demographics, socioeconomic position, factors related to one's own weight and health, and beliefs about the causes and consequences of obesity. We explore the role of core political values which predict views about o

SUBMITTER: Hughes AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7615479 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature