每况愈下：肥胖儿童所遭受的污名化。

Getting worse: the stigmatization of obese children.

作者信息

Latner Janet D, Stunkard Albert J

机构信息

Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.

出版信息

Obes Res. 2003 Mar;11(3):452-6. doi: 10.1038/oby.2003.61.

DOI:10.1038/oby.2003.61

PMID:12634444

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

The prevalence of childhood obesity more than doubled in the period from 1961 to 2001. We replicated a 1961 study of stigma in childhood obesity to see what effect this increased prevalence has had on this stigma.

RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES

Participants included 458 5th- and 6th-grade children attending upper-middle and lower-middle income U.S. public schools. Children ranked six drawings of same-sex children with obesity, various disabilities, or no disability ("healthy"), in order of how well they liked each child.

RESULTS

Children in both the present and the 1961 study liked the drawing of the obese child least. The obese child was liked significantly less in the present study than in 1961 [Kruskal-Wallis H(1) = 130.53, p < 0.001]. Girls liked the obese child less than boys did [H(1) = 5.23, p < 0.02]. Children ranked the healthy child highest and significantly higher than in 1961 [H(1) = 245.40, p < 0.001]. The difference in liking between the healthy and obese child was currently 40.8% greater than in 1961.

DISCUSSION

Stigmatization of obesity by children appears to have increased over the last 40 years.

摘要

目的

1961年至2001年期间，儿童肥胖症的患病率增加了一倍多。我们重复了一项1961年关于儿童肥胖症污名化的研究，以了解患病率的增加对这种污名化产生了什么影响。

研究方法和步骤

参与者包括458名就读于美国中高收入和中低收入公立学校的五、六年级学生。孩子们按照他们对每个孩子的喜欢程度，对六张描绘同性肥胖儿童、各种残疾儿童或无残疾儿童（“健康”）的图画进行排序。

结果

本研究和1961年研究中的儿童都最不喜欢肥胖儿童的图画。与1961年相比，本研究中肥胖儿童的受欢迎程度明显更低[克鲁斯卡尔 - 沃利斯检验H(1) = 130.53，p < 0.001]。女孩比男孩更不喜欢肥胖儿童[H(1) = 5.23，p < 0.02]。孩子们将健康儿童排在最高位置，且明显高于1961年[H(1) = 245.40，p < 0.001]。目前，健康儿童和肥胖儿童在受欢迎程度上的差异比1961年大40.8%。