In elementary school and middle school, the "little fat dun" in the class will always be given various malicious nicknames; When he grows up, the "fat man" will continue to receive all kinds of strange eyes, and when he is glanced at on the road, he will also interpret all kinds of disgust; When buying clothes, I am most afraid that the clerk will glance up and down and say "there is no size you wear"...
Obesity, as if it means "not tolerated".
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From a medical and health point of view, excess fat in the human body will indeed hinder normal physiological functions, causing physiological disorders such as cardiovascular, inflammation, lipids and metabolism, and chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension are inextricably linked. But in addition to the direct association with health, obesity also means that you will suffer from obesity discrimination in daily life, and the shame brought about by this discrimination will indirectly affect health as a social pressure.
The journal Psychological Science published a study that tracked the physical condition of 3609 British seniors over the age of 50. Every two years, these elderly people will be visited at home, and professional nurses will collect their experience of weight discrimination, and measure weight, height, cardiovascular, inflammation, lipid and metabolic disorders, including multiple systolic, diastolic and resting pulse rates, C-reactive protein, white blood cell count and total blood cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride level ratio, glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels, etc.
In addition to excluding variables such as age, gender, race, and family affluence, the researchers found that obesity and weight discrimination could predict the deterioration of physiological disorders in this group of people after 4 years, and 27% of the relationship between obesity and physiological index deterioration could be explained by the obesity discrimination they suffered.
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Obesity has attracted too much malicious discrimination. The fat image portrayed in TV dramas is usually not related to good looks and popularity, and is often accompanied by negative comments such as slow movements, not smart, not elegant, and even cowardly and lazy. In the study, the participants also expressed that they were threatened and ridiculed because of obesity, and were treated by others as inferior and inferior.
The obesity shame brought about by this will cause obese people to suffer huge social pressure, and then reduce self-control, and finally eat more, hide at home and do not go out, do not see friends and do not socialize... They isolate themselves even more, cut off effective access to help, are plagued by bad emotions, and interfere with life by loneliness, restlessness, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.
Being ashamed of our body can actually make it harder to take care of our bodies: it's very difficult to deal with the things we hate. If you're looking to make healthy changes to better take care of your body, start by not seeing it as the enemy. Look at your figure differently: it's not perfect, but so what, it's still worthy of respect.
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[1] Daly, M., Sutin, A. R., & Robinson, E. (2019). Perceived Weight Discrimination Mediates the Prospective Association Between Obesity and Physiological Dysregulation: Evidence From a Population-Based Cohort. Psychological science, 0956797619849440.
[2]https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/beauty-sick/201907/is-anti-fat-bias-making-people-sick
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