Study shows overweight people 'face judgment, criticism or humiliation'

Being insulted by shop assistants, ignored by bar staff, left out by friends, mocked by passers-by, ridiculed by the opposite sex and photographed by teenagers are part of the frequent humiliations overweight people face, according to research in the UK.

Up to 40% of the 2,573 slimmers questioned in the Slimming World study said they faced some form of judgment, criticism or humiliation at least once a week.