The Contribution of Applied Social Sciences to Obesity Stigma-Related Public Health Approaches

المؤلف

Bombak, Andrea E.

المصدر

Journal of Obesity

العدد

المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-9، 9ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2014-03-24

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

9

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الملخص EN

Obesity is viewed as a major public health concern, and obesity stigma is pervasive.

Such marginalization renders obese persons a “special population.” Weight bias arises in part due to popular sources’ attribution of obesity causation to individual lifestyle factors.

This may not accurately reflect the experiences of obese individuals or their perspectives on health and quality of life.

A powerful role may exist for applied social scientists, such as anthropologists or sociologists, in exploring the lived and embodied experiences of this largely discredited population.

This novel research may aid in public health intervention planning.

Through these studies, applied social scientists could help develop a nonstigmatizing, salutogenic approach to public health that accurately reflects the health priorities of all individuals.

Such an approach would call upon applied social science’s strengths in investigating the mundane, problematizing the “taken for granted” and developing emic (insiders’) understandings of marginalized populations.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Bombak, Andrea E.. 2014. The Contribution of Applied Social Sciences to Obesity Stigma-Related Public Health Approaches. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042332

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Bombak, Andrea E.. The Contribution of Applied Social Sciences to Obesity Stigma-Related Public Health Approaches. Journal of Obesity No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042332

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Bombak, Andrea E.. The Contribution of Applied Social Sciences to Obesity Stigma-Related Public Health Approaches. Journal of Obesity. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042332

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1042332