In this thesis I will examine how fat, overweight or obese individuals react, experience and
attempt to change the weight-related stigma that they encounter. This is achieved through …

This study sampled 2872 obesity-relevant comments from three years of interest from a multi-
topic online message board. An inductive thematic analysis was conducted and three …

With increased obesity rates worldwide and the rising popularity in social media usage, we
have witnessed a growth in hate speech towards fat/obese people. The severity of hate …

Purpose Weight stigma involves stereotyping individuals based on body size. Individuals
with obesity face weight stigma in many areas of their lives, and consequences can include …

Sensitivity of public discourses over social media platforms has been largely discussed in
the recent past and considered one of the reasons that have led to widespread weight …

Overweight and obesity are one of the most salient issues within society today, and the
stigmatisation of overweight individuals is prevalent and widespread. Utilising interviews …

Obese adults face pervasive and repeated weight-based stigma. Few researchers have
explored how obese individuals proactively respond to stigma outside of a dominant weight …

The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (ie, COVID-19) has caused significant disruption in everyday
life on a global scale. Because of stay-at-home orders and sudden unemployment, millions …

Weight and weight loss are major cultural preoccupations in the United States today, and
stigma stemming from being socially categorized as fat appears to be steadily worsening …

This study investigates how female and male genders are positioned in fat stigmatising
discourses that are being conducted over social media. Weight-based linguistic data corpus …