Is it a fat stigma that distorts your weight perception.....?

Two weeks ago, Kirstie Alley and David Letterman figured out the difference in Late Show with a joke that wasn't too kind. topic? Letterman talks about the actress's weight in a joke over the age of 50. It's not heavy and fun playing in Hollywood, and Kirstie says "I hate myself". The survey, published in the August issue of Social Science and Medicine, included 112 women aged 18-45 and 823 in social networks. Researchers use information obtained from body measurements, body image scales, and personal interviews to determine their weight, rather than their loved ones, about what fat means to It has an effect similar to the "spotlight effect" that others are more interested in your "fault" than in reality. In fact, the opinions of friends were far superior to the women they were believed to be. 

The study:Other people can feel the pressure of fat stigmatization almost all women who do not know the defect almost, but large women tend to be considered by others to be negative because of their weight . "But what's important is that there are large women who are generally happy with what they look like, without buying anti-fat messages," said Brewis. "Our culture based on the ideals of mass media and pop culture" "Fat-The most harmful cultural idea at the center of the stigma is the belief that people are fat because there is no moral fiber "Lead researcher Alexandra Brewis told Dr YouBeauty at Arizona State University. "They are lazy, inadequate self-control, and it's easy to lose weight if you really want them. These negative convictions are a talk show host (yes, you, letterman) and television It can appear anywhere from scripts to magazines and marketing, and losing weight can be part of the problem. "The constant cycle of talking with each other through fat-rich lenses immediately reinforces how important it is to determine how fat deficiency is a worthy person," Brewis says.