Fat-stigma study: Mass media messages appear to trump opinions of family, close friends
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 04:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Women harbor a fat-stigma even though their family and closest friends may not judge them as "fat," according to findings by Arizona State University social scientists. Those research results, published Aug. 17 in the journal Social Science & Medicine, have scientists questioning the weight of messages from sources outside one's social networks, especially those in mass media marketing.