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The weight may be gone - but not the stigma
Scientists have found that when a woman slims down, her family and colleagues remember her as being overweight - and continue to label her as being lazy and greedy, The Daily Mail says. The study looked at 273 volunteers. All were shown pictures of five 31-year-old women and told to read notes about them.
One woman had been slim all her life while another had been overweight. The other three had previously been fat but had lost around 32kg and were a normal size. The volunteers were then asked to rate each woman's attractiveness and state whether or not they liked them.
The study found most regarded the women who had lost weight as being less attractive than the one who had always been slim, The Daily Mail reports. "Obesity stigma is so powerful and enduring that it may even outlast the obesity itself." Researcher Dr Janet Latner, from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, said.
Read the full article on www.iol.co.za.
