Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health, University of Connecticut, One Constitution Plaza, Suite 600, Hartford, CT 06103, USA.
Body Image. 2022 Mar;40:131-137. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.12.008. Epub 2021 Dec 23.
Efforts to promote positive body image and body acceptance confront considerable challenges in the face of pervasive societal stigma against people who have a high body weight or large body size. Despite decades of evidence documenting the prevalence and harmful consequences of weight stigma and discrimination, policies to address this social injustice are lacking and primarily absent. This article summarizes the current status of policies to address societal weight-based mistreatment and highlights evidence documenting public support for different types of policies and laws that could be implemented to reduce weight-based bullying and discrimination. While considerable public policy support is present, efforts to scale up activism are needed to help curtail societal weight stigma. Social media has been an underutilized approach that could provide a powerful platform to elevate public awareness and promote policy change to help eliminate weight stigma.
促进积极的身体形象和身体接受度的努力在面对普遍存在的针对体重高或体型大的人的社会污名化时，面临着巨大的挑战。尽管数十年来的证据表明了体重污名化和歧视的普遍性和危害性后果，但缺乏解决这一社会不公正问题的政策，而且主要是不存在的。本文总结了目前解决基于体重的社会虐待的政策现状，并强调了记录公众对不同类型的政策和法律的支持的证据，这些政策和法律可以实施来减少基于体重的欺凌和歧视。虽然存在相当大的公共政策支持，但需要加强激进主义的努力，以帮助遏制社会体重污名化。社交媒体一直是一种未充分利用的方法，可以提供一个强大的平台，提高公众意识，促进政策变革，以帮助消除体重污名化。
