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Fat chats: The good, the bad and the ugly comments

Cyberbullying and hurtful “fat jokes” are disturbingly prevalent in the social media environment, especially on Twitter, says Wen-ying Sylvia Chou of the National Institutes of Health in the US. Chou is lead author of a study in Springer’s journal Translational Behavioral Medicine which analyzed well over a million social media posts and comments about weight matters. However, the researchers were also happy to find that the news was not all bad: many instances of support and advice were also observed, especially on blogs and forums.

The study is one of the first to analyze how weight is discussed on various social media channels such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook, forums, Flickr, and YouTube. Chou and co-author Abby Prestin analyzed 1.37 million posts in the sixty days between 23 January and 23 March 2012, all containing the keywords ‘fat’, ‘obese,’ ‘obesity’ or ‘overweight.’ Compared to ‘obesity’ and ‘overweight,’ ‘fat’ is most often used in colloquial conversations-92 percent of the cases-and it often appears together with words with negative, derogatory or misogynist connotations. On the other hand, dialogues containing the terms ‘obesity’ and ‘overweight’ generally include more information, such as hyperlinks to news articles or healthcare agency websites.

Although blogs and forums produce a small volume of posts, they can support in-depth, sustained online exchanges about weight-related topics, including helpful information about healthy eating and weight management. In contrast, 1.25 million or 91 percent of all the relevant posts analyzed are found on Twitter. One in every three of the top relevant retweets contains ‘fat jokes’ or music lyrics which especially stereotype women of certain physiques. Chou’s study suggests that Twitter may be “a unique channel that potentially perpetuates and enables terse and insensitive flaming or aggressive cyberbullying.”

Taken together, a large proportion of user-generated content on social media reflects and reinforces weight stigma. Pervasive negative stereotypes and jokes abound, as do examples of the alienation of overweight people and self-deprecating humor. Even more alarmingly, such negative sentiments extend to verbal aggression, with far too many unchecked instances of flaming and cyberbullying against overweight individuals, particularly women.

Public health practitioners and healthcare providers should be aware of the nature of authentic online conversations surrounding obesity, how it differs vastly throughout the various social media channels and how it shapes public discourse.

“Twitter and Facebook posts are dominated by derogatory and misogynist sentiment, pointing to weight stigmatization, whereas blogs and forums are safe online havens that provide support against weight bias,” Chou summarizes. “Social media must therefore not be viewed simply as breeding grounds for weight stigma, but also as encouraging and supportive environments.”

Chou further suggests that social media could be used as a tool for countering negative aspects of online communication on this topic, such as the pervasive weight-based stigma that was observed. Partnerships with existing anti-cyberbullying efforts and online ‘influencers’ (e.g. celebrity figures), could be used to reach social media users with messages about the

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    • Kedros Ng
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    If i got some fat on my abs, should i loss those fat first before training
    my muscle ?
    Oh just do this ex. to train my muscle and loss my fat at the same time ?

    • TheTrollArchHD
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    Hey Im 10 about 128 pounds and should i do this everday? Im only eating
    meat, vegetables. fruit u know the stuff without Wheat (like bread) should
    i do this everyday i want em 6 pack!

    • Daniel Murillo
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    30 sec plank? LOLOL! i can hold a 5min plank. you may be buff but you cant
    beat me in a 5k. 

    • dino sambo
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    Yes i got 4 packs well who cares i got 4 pack 11 years old

    • TechDeckLegend Vid
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    Im 13, 5ft3 115 pounds… Is it okay or healthy enough for me to do this
    workout?! 

    • dono istabish
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    my neck hurts when doing this, is it bad ? ( im 16 )

    • MrPodGaming
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    Will this get me skinnier, because im 11 and 40 kg (Dont know how much in
    pounds) i don’t neccesarily want a six plack because im young but i want to
    she’d off some of my belly fat, will this work for that?

    • togce
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    Question, I just started to workout and I wrote down some exercises for
    abs, upper body and so on but what I need to know is, do I work on my abs
    one day and then do the upper body another day or do I do them all in the
    same day? 

    • Youssef Jumaa
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    I am 16 years old im 183 cm and i weigh 74 kg. How many rounds shall i do
    and how many times per day and if if i have to do it everyday or not. I
    would really appreciate some help from a professional. Thanks a lot. :)

    • Tough Logic
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    I think I’ll stick to this routine daily. Im 17, and I want to build
    abdominal strengh. I lift weights (Not over 80) and im very active. My
    muscles are already ripped and well tuned, I just need to focus on my legs,
    torso, and abdomen My diet consists of what I need to build them up.

    Honestly, I really want to follow up on this, for health reasons,
    and……………….well……………the lady’s lol.

    • SpeakDahTruth
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    This workout is a killer. I just did for the first time and boy does it
    burn. I found myself taking random 10s breaks and 1 30s break. I had to the
    pain was unbearable. Thanks mike great workout I will keep doing it 

    • Luke Hodgkinson
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    I follow this all the way through do exactly what he says and as fast as he
    does it but when I finish I don’t feel my abs (in pain or tiredness at all)
    am I doing something wrong?

    • ApexWaffles
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    I’m 15, 146 lbs. 5’11. I just started doing these workouts but I can’t seem
    to get rid of the lower belly fat. I do cross country as a sport for about
    3 years now but that never got rid of the lower fat only everything else.
    Any tips

    • nonprofessionalgamer
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    How log will it take to get a six pack if do this eery morning and evening
    every singe day?

    • William Gode
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    Two words for you guys: Adonis System. Hands down the easiest and most
    efficient way to get a six pack while also building some muscle in other
    places too. 

    • Dylan Mckinley
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    Would you consider masturbation as a high intensity cardio workout?

    • Tom Davies
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    Guys can someone help me, i feel like every other day isn’t enough, and its
    only 10 mins long, son can I do it be very day for ten mins or will that do
    something bad to my body??? Plz help me

    • Tereith
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    I’m a little skinny but got a little little little tommy at the buttom of
    my stomach.
    I did this exercise, and it’s really great. Planks are harder than what i
    thought. I could barely finnish the last set. And now *after 5 minutes* my
    stomach feels that burning sensation. How long will it take for a normal
    skinny guy for abs to show a little? 

    • Bajram Beratovic
    • October 2, 2014
    Reply

    Did the whole workout and im 14 

    • cole
    • October 2, 2014
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