Fat-stigma study: Mass media messages appear to trump opinions of family, close friends

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 14:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Women harbor a fat-stigma even though their family and closest friends may not judge them as "fat," according to new findings by social scientists. Those research results have scientists questioning the weight of messages from sources outside one's social networks, especially those in mass media marketing.

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