Stigma Weighs Heavily on Obese People, Contributing to Greater Health Problems

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How cute. The fat are blaming the real victims for their overfatness.

The discrimination that obese people feel, whether it is poor service at a restaurant or being treated differently in the workplace, may have a direct impact on their physical health, according to new research from Purdue University.

Note that it is what they "feel" which can be very different from what actually happens.

"Obesity is a physiological issue, but when people have negative interactions in their social world -- including a sense of being discriminated against -- it can make matters worse and contribute to a person's declining physical health," said Markus H. Schafer, the doctoral student in sociology and gerontology who led the study. "We found that around a third of the severely obese people in the United States report facing some form of discriminatory experience, and the experience of weight discrimination plays into people's own perspective about their weight. It seems that many people are internalizing the prejudice and stigma they feel, and it contributes to stress, which ultimately affects their health."

Fact is, the rest of us are hostage to the fat.

We are the real victims.

We pay for their diseases of choice. We are expected to pay higher costs for food that fat people abuse. Etc.

Do not tolerate it any longer.

Fight back.