Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
J Adolesc Health. 2018 Sep;63(3):360-362. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.12.016. Epub 2018 Apr 25.
Weight stigma is implicated in disordered eating, but much of this research focuses on forms of stigma such as weight-based teasing.
In a large cohort of adolescent girls (N = 2,036), we tested the hypothesis that being labeled as "too fat" by others predicts subsequent greater disordered eating cognitions and behaviors.
Compared with girls who did not report weight labeling, girls who were labeled at age 14 showed an increase in unhealthy weight control behaviors and disordered eating cognitions over the subsequent 5 years. These effects were independent of objective body mass index, race, parental income and education, and initial levels of disordered eating.
Exploratory analyses suggest that weight labeling from family members is more strongly associated with disordered eating than labeling from nonfamily members. This study highlights how the long-term consequences of weight stigma can potentially begin when one is labeled as "too fat."
体重歧视与饮食失调有关，但此类研究大多集中在基于体重的嘲笑等形式的歧视上。
在一项针对少女的大型队列研究（N=2036）中，我们检验了这样一个假设，即被他人贴上“太胖”的标签是否会预测随后出现更多的饮食失调认知和行为。
与没有报告体重标签的女孩相比，14 岁时被贴上标签的女孩在随后的 5 年内表现出更多的不健康的体重控制行为和饮食失调认知。这些影响独立于客观的体重指数、种族、父母的收入和教育程度以及初始的饮食失调水平。
探索性分析表明，来自家庭成员的体重标签与饮食失调的关联比来自非家庭成员的体重标签更强。这项研究强调了体重歧视的长期后果可能是从一个人被贴上“太胖”的标签开始的。
