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Vulnerability and resilience to the harmful health consequences of weight discrimination in Black, Latina, and sexual minority women

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  • Gerend, Mary A.
  • Stewart, Cylena
  • Wetzel, Karen

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Because they deviate from societal expectations regarding thinness, women with high body weight or large body size frequently experience social devaluation and discrimination and such experiences can negatively affect health. Yet relatively little is known about experiences of weight discrimination among people impacted by overlapping forms of oppression such as racism, sexism, and heterosexism or how high body weight may intersect with other marginalized identities to contribute to health disparities. Guided by an intersectional lens, the purpose of the current study was to assess Black, Latina, and sexual minority women's experiences with weight discrimination and to identify factors associated with vulnerability or resilience to the harmful health consequences of weight discrimination in these women.

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  • Gerend, Mary A. & Stewart, Cylena & Wetzel, Karen, 2022. "Vulnerability and resilience to the harmful health consequences of weight discrimination in Black, Latina, and sexual minority women," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 315(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:315:y:2022:i:c:s0277953622008619
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115555
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