Background Research indicates that body dissatisfaction is correlated with and often
predictive of both physical and mental health problems.“Fat talk,” a well-studied form of body …

Although past studies have highlighted fat talk as relevant to body image disturbance, the
majority of these have only investigated the link between fat talk and body esteem, to the …

Although the link between fat talk and body dissatisfaction is well established, the link
between fat talk and other body image disturbance components remains underexplored. Our …

Fat talk, conversations in which women disparage the size/shape of their bodies, acts as
both a reflection of and contributor to body dissatisfaction. We assessed the impact of age …

Fat talk (women speaking negatively about the size and shape of their bodies) is a
phenomenon that both reflects and creates body dissatisfaction. Our study investigated the …

Fat talk is a term used to describe self-disparaging remarks made to other people about
one's weight or body. Fat talk has been both causally and correlationally linked to a number …

Fat talk is not merely correlated with, but appears to be one of the causes of body
dissatisfaction in other women. Moderators of fat talk's deleterious effects, however, have not …

Although “fat talk” is associated with increased eating disorder risk, the predictors of fat talk
engagement and viable alternatives to these pervasive conversations remain unclear. The …

Negative talk about food, weight, or the body that occurs commonly among women–fat talk–
is gaining increasing attention. Whereas its negative eating pathology and body esteem …

Fat talk refers to negative body-related conversations between girls or young women. This
research aimed to use qualitative data from young women to guide development of a …