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Implicit and explicit anti-fat bias: The role of weight-related attitudes and beliefs

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  • Elran-Barak, Roni
  • Bar-Anan, Yoav

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The increasing prevalence of anti-fat bias in American society comes at a great cost to the health and well-being of people who are overweight or obese. A better understanding of the correlates of anti-fat bias would inform development of interventions for reducing anti-fat bias. Based on three theoretical perspectives, this study tested the relation between attitudes and beliefs about weight and anti-fat bias (implicit and explicit): (1) The belief that one is like people who are fat (social identity theory). (2) The belief that one can control her/his weight (attribution theory). And (3) the beliefs that most people prefer thin people and that weight is important (socio-cultural theory).

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  • Elran-Barak, Roni & Bar-Anan, Yoav, 2018. "Implicit and explicit anti-fat bias: The role of weight-related attitudes and beliefs," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 204(C), pages 117-124.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:204:y:2018:i:c:p:117-124
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.018
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