Weight Bias: Nature, Consequences, and Remedies

Table of contents

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• Weight Bias i
• Title Page iii
• About the Editors v
• Contributors vii
• Acknowledgments xi
• Contents xiii
• Introduction - The Social, Scientific, and Human Context of Prejudice and Discrimination Based on Weight 1
• Part I - Nature and Extent of Weight Bias 13
• Chapter 1 - Weight Bias in Employment 15
• Chapter 2 - Bias in Health Care Settings 29
• Chapter 3 - The Portrayal of Weight in the Media and Its Social Impact 42
• Chapter 4 - Weight Bias in a Child's World 54
• Chapter 5 - Weight Bias in a Teen's World 68
• Part II - Origins, Explanations, and Measurement 81
• Chapter 6 - Attributions and Weight-Based Prejudice 83
• Chapter 7 - Social Consensus and the Origins of Stigma 97

• Weight Bias i
• Title Page iii
• About the Editors v
• Contributors vii
• Acknowledgments xi
• Contents xiii
• Introduction - The Social, Scientific, and Human Context of Prejudice and Discrimination Based on Weight 1
• Part I - Nature and Extent of Weight Bias 13
• Chapter 1 - Weight Bias in Employment 15
• Chapter 2 - Bias in Health Care Settings 29
• Chapter 3 - The Portrayal of Weight in the Media and Its Social Impact 42
• Chapter 4 - Weight Bias in a Child's World 54
• Chapter 5 - Weight Bias in a Teen's World 68
• Part II - Origins, Explanations, and Measurement 81
• Chapter 6 - Attributions and Weight-Based Prejudice 83
• Chapter 7 - Social Consensus and the Origins of Stigma 97
• Chapter 8 - Theories of Stigmalimitations and Needed Directions 109
• Chapter 9 - Measurement of Bias 121
• Part III - Consequences of Weight Bias 135
• Chapter 10 - Effects of Weight-Related Teasing in Adults 137
• Chapter 11 - Social Consequences of Weight Bias by Partners, Friends, and Strangers 150
• Chapter 12 - Self-Esteem and the Stigma of Obesity 165
• Chapter 13 - Personal Reflections on Bias, Stigma, Discrimination, and Obesity 175
• Part IV - Remedies 193
• Chapter 14 - Legal Theory on Weight Discrimination 195
• Chapter 15 - Remedies for Weight-Based Discrimination 212
• Chapter 16 - Improving Medical Practice 223
• Chapter 17 - Improving the Health Care System 234
• Chapter 18 - Improving the Fitness Landscape 248
• Chapter 19 - Changing Media Images of Weight 265
• Chapter 20 - Coping with Weight Stigma 275
• Chapter 21 - Advocacy 285
• Chapter 22 - Expression of Bias Against Obesity in Public Policy and Its Remedies 294
• Index 309