Explain how an individual who is overweight or obese is stigmatized by others and how this treatment impacts the individual.

What will be an ideal response?

Being overweight or obese often comes with a steep social price that includes harsh judgment, ridicule, bullying, discrimination, and stigmatization. The media celebrates thinness and regularly portrays obese characters in a negative light-uncontrolled, impulsive, and unable to find a romantic partner. Juror perceptions find male jurors are much more likely to find obese female defendants guilty. Even health care professionals, such as physicians, characterize obese patients as lazy, unattractive, and noncompliant. Clearly, false accusations as to the character of the individual, rather than consideration of factors such as biology or genes, are short-sighted and emotionally painful for the obese individual.