Size Bias Worse for Women -- BMI Guage is Flawed
FAT BIAS WORSE FOR WOMEN It only takes a modest weight gain for a woman to experience weight discrimination, but men can gain far more weight before experiencing similar bias , a new study shows. The notion that society is less tolerant of weight gain in women than men is just one of the findings suggested by a new report from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University, published this month in the International Journal of Obesity. For the study, researchers documented the prevalence of self-reported weight discrimination and compared it to experiences of discrimination based on race and gender among a nationally representative sample of adults ages 25 to 74. The data was obtained from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States. Overall, the study showed that weight discrimination, particularly against women, is as common as racial discrimination. But the researchers also identified the amount of weight gain that triggers a discriminatory backl...