Fighting obesity or obese persons? Public perceptions of obesity-related health messages

Puhl, Rebecca M.; Peterson, Jamie Lee; Luedicke, Joerg

doi:10.1038/ijo.2012.156

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“…This is an important finding because a longitudinal study examining WB and adverse eating and weight related outcomes found WB from both family and peers predicted unhealthy weight control behaviors and higher body dissatisfaction in females and higher BMI in males (Puhl et al, 2017). Our results also indicate WB was positively correlated with BMI which is consistent with previous reports (Bucchianeri et al, 2014;Feeg et al, 2014;Friedman et al, 2005;Puhl, Peterson, & Luedicke, 2013). It is evident from these results that low-income overweight and obese adolescents are dealing with stigmatizing experiences related to weight.…”

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Eating Behaviors, Weight Bias, and Psychological Functioning in Multi-ethnic Low-income Adolescents

Najjar

Jacob

Evangelista

2018

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Eating Behaviors, Weight Bias, and Psychological Functioning in Multi-ethnic Low-income Adolescents

Najjar

Jacob

Evangelista

2018

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

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“…These images suggest that body fat, in and of itself, is a direct cause of physical degeneration. The ethical issues of continuing to use images in social marketing campaigns that stigmatize fat people and show them as inevitably unattractive, ill and diseased have been raised by a number of critics, including those from within public health (for example, Carter et al 2011, MacLean et al 2009, Puhl et al 2012). Yet they remain a common convention of representation in anti-"obesity" campaigns.…”

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“…Several researchers have addressed the efficacy of anti-"obesity" campaigns and their reception by target audiences (for example, Faulkner et al 2011, Lewis et al 2010, Puhl et al 2012, Walls et al 2011. Thus far, however, little academic research has been directed at the ways in which commercial research companies contribute to the decisions of government departments or agencies about health-related social marketing campaign initiatives, including those directed at "obesity" prevention and control.…”

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“How do you Measure up?” Assumptions About “Obesity” and Health-Related Behaviors and Beliefs in two Australian “Obesity” Prevention Campaigns

Lupton

2014

Fat Studies

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This article presents an analysis of two related Australian government-sponsored "obesity" prevention campaigns, including documents produced by commercial social research companies reporting the formative research and evaluation of these campaigns. This material is critically analyzed for its underlying assumptions about weight "obesity" and the public's health-related behaviors and beliefs. These include the following: the concept of "good health" has meaning and value that is universally shared; to be "overweight" or "obese" is to be physically unfit and at risk of higher levels of disease and early death; individuals are responsible for their own health status; they lack appropriate information about health risks and providing this information leads to behavior change; and information should be provided in a way that arouses concern and a belief that individuals should make a change. These assumptions are challenged from a critical sociological perspective.

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“…The concept 'healthy lifestyle campaigns' covers a wide range of activities. The public tends to be more positive towards (and motivated by) campaigns that frame their messages around positive health behaviours as opposed to emphasizing the negative aspects of obesity (32) . Equally, support for free weight-loss treatments may very much depend on the specific type of treatment being offered.…”

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Public beliefs about the causes of obesity and attitudes towards policy initiatives in Great Britain

Beeken

Wardle

2013

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To assess attributions for overweight and the level of support for policy initiatives in Great Britain. Design: Cross-sectional. Respondents indicated their agreement (5-point scales: strongly disagree to strongly agree) to three potential causes of overweight (environment, genes, willpower) and five policies (free weight-loss treatment, taxing unhealthy foods, healthy lifestyle campaigns, food labelling, advertising restrictions). Setting: Data were collected as part of a computer-assisted, face-to-face Omnibus survey of adults (aged .15 years) from across Great Britain in April 2012 carried out by a market research company. Subjects: A population-representative sample of British adults (n 1986). Results: More people attributed overweight to the food environment (61 %) and lack of willpower (57 %) than to genes (45 %). Policy support was highest for healthy lifestyle campaigns (71 %) and food labelling (66 %), and lowest for taxing unhealthy foods (32 %). Food environment attributions were associated with higher support for all policies (P , 0?001). Genetic attributions were associated with higher support for free weight-loss treatments and healthy lifestyle campaigns (P , 0?001), but not other policies. Attributions to lack of willpower were not associated differentially with support for any policies (P . 0?01). Conclusions: Belief that overweight is caused by the food environment or genesboth seen as outside individual control -was associated with greater support for government policies to prevent and treat obesity. Improving awareness of the multiple causes of obesity could facilitate acceptance of policy action to reduce obesity prevalence.

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Fighting obesity or obese persons? Public perceptions of obesity-related health messages

Cited by 215 publications

References 37 publications

Eating Behaviors, Weight Bias, and Psychological Functioning in Multi-ethnic Low-income Adolescents

Eating Behaviors, Weight Bias, and Psychological Functioning in Multi-ethnic Low-income Adolescents

“How do you Measure up?” Assumptions About “Obesity” and Health-Related Behaviors and Beliefs in two Australian “Obesity” Prevention Campaigns

Public beliefs about the causes of obesity and attitudes towards policy initiatives in Great Britain

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