In the first studies to examine what the public thinks about people with an addiction to food, researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale found that while this addiction is less vulnerable to public stigma than others, it could increase the stigma already associated with obesity. The studies are published online in the journal Basic and Applied Social Psychology.
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Full citation: Middleton AE, Henderson KE, Schwartz MB. From policy to practice: implementation of water policies in child care centers in Connecticut. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2013;45(2):119-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2012.05.015
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Full citation: Cheyne AD, Dorfman L, Bukofzer E, Harris JL. Marketing sugary cereals to children in the digital age: a content analysis of 17 child-targeted websites. J Health Commun. 2013;18(5):563-582. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2012.743622
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Full citation: Puhl RM, Peterson JL, DePierre JA, Luedicke J. Headless, hungry, and unhealthy: a video content analysis of obese persons portrayed in online news. J Health Commun. 2013;18(6):686-702. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2012.743631
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Full citation: DePierre JA, Puhl RM, Luedicke J. A New Stigmatized Identity? Comparisons of a “Food Addict” Label With Other Stigmatized Health Conditions. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 2013;35(1):10-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2012.746148
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In a study that offers insight into the depth of stigmatization of overweight and obese people, researchers at the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity found that weight stigma extends to the courtroom. Published online in the International Journal of Obesity, the study shows that a defendant’s body weight and gender impact jurors’ perceptions of guilt and responsibility.
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Full citation: Harris JL, Weinberg M, Javadizadeh J, Sarda V. Monitoring Food Company Marketing to Children to Spotlight Best and Worst Practices. Advances in Communication Research to Reduce Childhood Obesity. 2012:153-175. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5511-0_7
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Full citation: Kirkpatrick SI, Reedy J, Kahle LL, Harris JL, Ohri-Vachaspati P, Krebs-Smith SM. Fast-food menu offerings vary in dietary quality, but are consistently poor. Public Health Nutr. 2014;17(4):924-931. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980012005563
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Full citation: Schvey NA, Puhl RM, Levandoski KA, Brownell KD. The influence of a defendant’s body weight on perceptions of guilt. Int J Obes (Lond). 2013;37(9):1275-1281. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2012.211
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Full citation: Puhl RM, Peterson JL, Luedicke J. Weight-based victimization: bullying experiences of weight loss treatment-seeking youth. Pediatrics. 2013;131(1):e1-e9. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2012-1106