Weight stigma: five unspoken truths

Weight stigma is the only form of discrimination still widely deemed to be socially acceptable.

By Tara Coltman-Patel, Nottingham Trent University

Weight stigma – a negative response to someone based on their weight – is the fourth most common form of social discrimination amongst adults – after age, gender and race. It is the only form of discrimination still widely deemed to be socially acceptable.