Weight Stigma Goes Viral on the Internet: Systematic Assessment of YouTube Comments Attacking Overweight Men and Women.

Yongwoog Andrew Jeon Brent Hale Eric Knackmuhs Michael S Mackert

Published in: Interactive journal of medical research (2018)

Our data elucidate a worrying situation of frequent disinhibited aggressive messages against overweight individuals online. Importantly, the patterns of verbal aggression differ depending on the gender of the targeted overweight individuals. Thus, gender-tailored intervention strategies that specifically tackle Internet users' verbal aggression against overweight individuals need to be developed.

Keyphrases

weight loss
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randomized controlled trial
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