Preferred Label : Weight Prejudice;
MeSH definition : Negative attitudes towards and beliefs about others because of their weight. These
negative attitudes are manifested by stereotypes and/or prejudice towards people with
weight over or under a cultural norm.;
MeSH synonym : Prejudice, Weight; Obesity Bias; Bias, Obesity; Anti-Fat Bias; Anti Fat Bias; Bias, Anti-Fat; Fatphobia; Fatphobias; Fat Phobia; Fat Phobias; Phobia, Fat; Phobias, Fat; Fat Bias; Bias, Fat;
CISMeF synonym : Fat Shaming; Fat Shamings; Prejudices, Weight; Shamings, Fat; Weight Prejudices; Weight-based Discrimination;
Related MeSH term : Discrimination, Weight-Based; Discriminations, Weight-Based; Weight Based Discrimination; Weight-Based Discriminations; Shaming, Fat; Stigma, Weight; Weight Stigmas; Bias, Weight;
Origin ID : D000079322;
UMLS CUI : C5197684;
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Negative attitudes towards and beliefs about others because of their weight. These
negative attitudes are manifested by stereotypes and/or prejudice towards people with
weight over or under a cultural norm.
