Essay On Fat Stigma

Is Fat Stigma Making Us Miserable? - New York Times According to Jeffrey Hunger, “people assume there is a direct relationship between how much people weigh and their psychological health.” People that are overweight are more likely to report problems with depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. However, majority of the time it’s due to the individual experiencing weight-based discrimination. Also, when individuals face discrimination because of their weight, they tend to avoid exercising in the public and going for doctor appointments. For example, Mr. Hunger stated, “we know that obese and overweight people have an increased motivation to avoid exercising in public.” To add to that, reality Televisions shows and advertisements poses a stigma on people that are overweight. According to Sarah Domoff, “negative stereotypes of fat people are reinforced in entertainment media, from children’s
Instead of tearing overweight people down, they can encourage them to take action to help them live a happy and healthy life. Sometimes in life, people need to understand that it takes positive remarks and actions to help one another out while facing struggles. Society poses this stupid idea that you have to be a certain size to model, or be on TV and that’s unacceptable. It’s time to take action now and stop the mindset that fat people are unaccepted. In conclusion, I have always dislike how the world view people that has weight on them. Someone weight doesn’t define them, it’s their personality that should matter. I don’t discriminate because I see it as being a foolish act. Instead, I encourage individuals to make a difference and build there self to overpower every negative comment or negative criticism. It’s always important to know that self-love is the best love.

Class Question: What are some things that individuals can do to lessen the discrimination of overweight people in the