HLTH 202- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 24 pages long!)

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH202
• Professor: Scott Leatherdale

Document Summary

Weight bias: the last socially acceptable form of stigma. Weight discrimination is increasing with the rise in obesity rates, and is now happening at the same rate as discrimination based on race. Unlike other forms, there are no laws in place to prevent weight discrimination. Stigma: preconceived negative attitudes or beliefs; explicit (overt and consciously aware of) and implicit (unconscious or unwilling to admit) and internalized (a person that is part of the group, self-stigma, belief that shame is deserved) types. Discrimination: the action based on the preconceived attitudes or beliefs; verbal, physical, relational (social exclusion, target of rumors) and structural/institutionalized (policies) Historically and for survival, we used to die through infectious diseases so stigma against sick people could serve to isolate them and protect anyone else from infection. Tv/movie characters also fit weight-stigmatizing stereotypes obese characters are targets of ridicule, unhappy, disliked by others, less likely to have romantic partners and angry.