Uploaded on May 8, 2009
Overweight and obese youth are
frequently teased, tormented, and victimized because of their weight.
Weight-based teasing and stigma (also called 'weight bias') can have a
detrimental impact on both emotional well-being and physical health. The
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University (http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/)
has released this new video to increase youth awareness about weight
bias, and to highlight strategies to help combat this rapidly growing
problem for overweight adolescents. This video shows the story of Bene, a
girl who is teased and victimized about her weight at school. In
response to the daily teasing she confronts, Bene decides to educate her
classmates about weight bias by making her own under-cover video to
address the stigma that overweight youth encounter. Presented by Rebecca
Puhl, PhD, Marlene Schwartz, PhD and Karen Dorsey, MD.
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