Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Weight Gain, Fallacy

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1001A/B
• Professor: Shauna Burke

Document Summary

54% of canadian adults report that they are overweight. It is estimated that by 2021, 70% of males and nearly 50% of females in canada will be overweight. There are many factors that come into play that contributes to obesity. Children whose parents are overweight may be more prone to obesity. Humans fear people who are different, that"s why stigma is so prevalent. The weight of the nation - us statistics. The problem lies within how our society treats people who are overweight. It is very socially okay in our society to make comments to people who are living with obesity. Weight bias is just as relevant as gender, race and age biases. Stigma takes many forms : violence, discrimination, cyber bullying. Some people believe that if you stigmatize people it will help them to lose weight, but in reality it is the opposite. It discourages people and results them to eat more often times.