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Racial, ethnic stereotypes may contribute to obesity among minorities
Many Americans need extraordinary willpower to avoid becoming obese — or to slim down if they already weigh too much. For members of minority groups, maintaining a healthy weight can be that much harder according to new research led by Luis Rivera, an experimental social psychologist at Rutgers University-Newark. Rivera says it is common for […]
Appreciation for fat jokes, belief in obese stereotypes linked
From movies to television, obesity is still considered “fair game” for jokes and ridicule. A new study from researchers at Bowling Green State University took a closer look at weight-related humor to see if anti-fat attitudes played into a person’s appreciation or distaste for fat humor in the media. “Weight-Related Humor in the Media: Appreciation, […]