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[media-credit name=”Janet Latner” align=”alignleft” width=”200″]\"Janet[\/media-credit]A study by UH psychology professor Janet Latner of Hawaii Kai shows that prejudices against overweight women may persist even after they\u2019ve lost weight and are no longer obese.<\/p>\n

Latner and her colleague Kerry O\u2019 Brien have been examining the effects of weight on people\u2019s social perception of others.<\/p>\n

In their study, young people were asked to read excerpts on women who had either lost 70 pounds, maintained a stable healthy weight, or were either currently obese or thin. Then the participants were asked to give their opinions of the woman they read about, such as how attractive they found her.<\/p>\n

An unexpected finding was that participants had a greater negative bias toward obese people after reading about women who had been previously obese and lost weight, as opposed to those who had remained at a stable weight regardless of whether or not she was obese-stable or thin-stable.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPrejudice against obese people is widespread and hurtful,\u201d Latner said. \u201cMany obese people are trying to lose weight to escape painful discrimination. Surprisingly, however, thin women were viewed differently depending on their weight history. Those who had been obese in the past were perceived as less attractive than those who has always been thin \u2014 despite having identical height and weight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Latner and O\u2019Brien said one of their more disturbing findings was that when participants were shown that body weight is easily controllable, it increased the negative attitude toward obese people. \u201cDescriptions of weight loss such as those often promoted on television may significantly worsen obesity stigma,\u201d Latner explained. \u201cBelieving that obese people can easily lose weight may make individuals blame and dislike obese people more.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, results showed that residual prejudice could be the reason for lower- than-expected earnings and occupational attainment by women who were previously overweight.<\/p>\n

\u201cObesity stigma is so powerful and enduring, it may even outlast the obesity itself,\u201d she said. \u201cGiven the great number of people who may be negatively affected by obesity prejudice, obesity discrimination clearly needs to be reduced on a societal level.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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