De Domingo Bartolomé M, López Guzmán José
Área de Humanidades Farmacéuticas Departamento de Farmacología y Toxicología. Facultad de Farmacia. Universidad de Navarra.
Cuad Bioet. 2014 May-Aug;25(84):273-84.
People who are overweight are at increased risk of certain chronic diseases and premature death. However, the physiological consequences are not limited to health symptoms and signs but transcend the social field. In fact, the stigma and discrimination faced by obese people has been proven in multiple areas (work, family, education, etc...). This can contribute to reduce the quality of patients life. From a gender perspective, in the literature there seems to be evidence that the undesirable social effects of obesity affect women more than men. To minimize the obesity impact people adopt proactive methods to lose weight. However the solution to this problem is not on medication but changes in lifestyle and in the proposal of inclusive aesthetic models. Also it is necessary to clear that the complex etiology of obesity can help to reduce the weight stigma and the negative consequences of this condition.
超重人群患某些慢性疾病和过早死亡的风险会增加。然而，生理后果并不局限于健康症状和体征，而是超越了社会领域。事实上，肥胖者所面临的耻辱和歧视已在多个领域（工作、家庭、教育等）得到证实。这可能会导致患者生活质量下降。从性别角度来看，文献中似乎有证据表明，肥胖带来的不良社会影响对女性的影响大于男性。为了将肥胖的影响降至最低，人们采取积极主动的方法来减肥。然而，解决这个问题的方法不是依靠药物，而是改变生活方式以及提出包容性的审美模式。此外，有必要明确的是，肥胖的复杂病因有助于减少体重耻辱感以及这种状况带来的负面后果。
