Date of Award
5-2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Departmental Honors
Department
Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences
Abstract
Discrimination based on weight has been labeled the last form of socially acceptable prejudice. Weight discrimination is becoming more and more prevalent in schools, the workplace, social settings, the media, and even in healthcare. Overweight and obese individuals are often stereotyped as lazy, addicted to food, and lacking self-discipline and initiative, and as a result may struggle with decreased employment opportunities, fear and shame in public, attempting dangerous weight loss methods, or even eating disorders.
This project seeks to identify and examine research that has been done on this subject in order to increase awareness of weight bias and to help prevent it in the future by promoting the fact that thin does not necessarily equal a healthy lifestyle, being large does not necessarily equal an unhealthy lifestyle, and that there are a variety of body shapes and sizes that can be perfectly healthy.
Recommended Citation
Eller, Kelsey Rae, "Weight Discrimination: Why Current Perceptions Need to Change" (2010). Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects. 45.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/honors/45
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Faculty Mentor
Tamara Vitale