Department of Marketing, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Qual Health Res. 2011 Dec;21(12):1679-91. doi: 10.1177/1049732311417728. Epub 2011 Aug 2.
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-loss framework. Using a grounded theory approach, we explored the experiences of 44 bloggers within the Fatosphere--an online fat-acceptance community. We investigated participants' pathways into the Fatosphere, how they responded to and interacted with stigma, and how they described the impact of fat acceptance on their health and well-being. The concepts and support associated with the fat-acceptance movement helped participants shift from reactive strategies in responding to stigma (conforming to dominant discourses through weight loss) to proactive responses to resist stigma (reframing "fat" and self-acceptance). Participants perceived that blogging within the Fatosphere led them to feel more empowered. Participants also described the benefits of belonging to a supportive community, and improvements in their health and well-being. The Fatosphere provides an alternative pathway for obese individuals to counter and cope with weight-based stigma.
肥胖成年人面临普遍且反复的基于体重的污名化。很少有研究人员探索过肥胖个体如何在以减肥为主导的框架之外主动应对污名化。本研究采用扎根理论方法，探索了 Fatosphere 中的 44 名博主的经历，Fatosphere 是一个在线的肥胖接受社区。我们研究了参与者进入 Fatosphere 的途径、他们如何应对和互动污名化，以及他们如何描述肥胖接受对他们的健康和幸福的影响。与肥胖接受运动相关的概念和支持帮助参与者从应对污名化的被动策略（通过减肥来迎合主导话语）转变为主动应对污名化的策略（重新定义“肥胖”和自我接受）。参与者认为在 Fatosphere 中写博客使他们感到更有力量。参与者还描述了属于一个支持性社区的好处，以及他们的健康和幸福状况的改善。Fatosphere 为肥胖个体提供了一种替代途径，以对抗和应对基于体重的污名化。
