Negative attitudes toward fat bodies going global, study finds

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 11:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Stigma against overweight people is becoming a cultural norm around the world, even in places where larger bodies have traditionally been valued. That's according to a cross-cultural study of attitudes toward obesity to be published in the April issue of Current Anthropology...

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