Whale Katie, Gillison Fiona B, Smith Paula C
University of Bath, UK University of Bristol, UK
University of Bath, UK.
J Health Psychol. 2014 Dec;19(12):1536-46. doi: 10.1177/1359105313495072. Epub 2013 Aug 8.
This study investigated how people's attitudes and motivations towards losing weight are influenced by societal pressures surrounding weight loss, their interaction with the obesogenic environment and individuals' attitudes and motivations towards weight. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 women currently attending commercial weight-loss programmes. Participants experienced conflicting messages regarding weight norms, with the media portraying powerful social norms relating to thinness and beauty, and changes to the food environment and interactions with family and friends commonly undermining weight-loss activities and promoting increased consumption. Providing social and environmental support for the behaviours needed to produce weight loss may need to be a primary focus for obesity policy.
本研究调查了围绕减肥的社会压力、人们与致胖环境的相互作用以及个人对体重的态度和动机是如何影响人们对减肥的态度和动机的。对10名目前参加商业减肥项目的女性进行了半结构化定性访谈。参与者在体重规范方面收到相互矛盾的信息，媒体描绘了与瘦和美相关的强大社会规范，而食物环境的变化以及与家人和朋友的互动通常会破坏减肥活动并促进消费增加。为实现减肥所需的行为提供社会和环境支持可能需要成为肥胖政策的主要重点。
