"It is over there, next to that fat lady": a qualitative study of fat women's own body perceptions and weight-related discriminations

• Main Authors: Mariana Dimitrov Ulian (Author), Priscila de Morais Sato (Author), Ana Jéssica Pinto (Author), Fabiana B. Benatti (Author), Patricia Lopes de Campos-Ferraz (Author), Desire Coelho (Author), Odilon J. Roble (Author), Fernanda Sabatini (Author), Isabel Perez (Author), Luiz Aburad (Author), André Vessoni (Author), Ramiro Fernandez Unsain (Author), Bruno Gualano (Author), Fernanda B. Scagliusi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract We investigated fat women's perceptions of their own bodies and their experiences with weight-related discriminations, and how these situations affected their well-being. Thirty-nine obese women were interviewed, and three axes of analysis were identified: (1) repercussions of being fa...