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Obesity and discrimination: The next ‘big issue’?
Abstract
A concomitant increase has been observed between the prevalence of obesity and the stigmatization and discrimination of the condition. Despite reports of such negative experiences, there appears to be little deterrence for individuals to behave in a non-discriminatory fashion towards the overweight and obese. This article focuses on an emergent academic, legal and medical debate concerning obesity and human well-being and its possible impacts in the workplace and on disability discrimination laws. The disability laws in the United Kingdom require employers and employees not to discriminate or harass their colleagues, yet the model of discrimination seen in the United Kingdom emerges from a historical basis where sex and race were accommodated by the Sex Discrimination Act (1975) and the Race Relations Act (1976) respectively, and laws prohibiting disability were introduced later by the Disability Discrimination Act (1995). These laws in conjunction required UK citizens in the workplace and beyond not to subject their fellow citizens, potential workmates and current employees to less favourable treatment and to provide reasonable adjustments in the workplace where discrimination was a possible outcome of behaviours or policy arrangements.
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Persons with obesity can be perceived as less suitable for employment, less likely to be invited for an interview, or if employed, perceived as less successful compared with thinner peers; women with obesity are especially unlikely to be hired.
“Persons with obesity can be perceived to be less suitable for employment and are less likely to be invited for an interview60, or, if employed, are perceived to be less successful compared with thinner peers61. Women with obesity are the especially unlikely to be hired62.”
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Rubino, F., Puhl, R. M., Cummings, D. E., Eckel, R. H., Ryan, D. H., Mechanick, J. I., Nadglowski, J., Ramos Salas, X., Schauer, P. R., Twenefour, D., et al. (2020) · Nature Medicine · doi:10.1038/s41591-020-0803-x · Cited by 1,152
“Persons with obesity can be perceived to be less suitable for employment and are less likely to be invited for an interview 60 , or, if employed, are perceived to be less successful compared with thinner peers 61 .”
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- Authors
- Flint, S. W., & Snook, J.
- Affiliations
- Sheffield Hallam University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Flint, Stuart W
- Venue
- International Journal of Discrimination and the Law
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-05-19
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 183-193
- ISSN
- 1358-2291 (ISSN-L)
- 2047-9468
- OpenAlex
- W2059936526
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Discrimination and the Law (publishedVersion)
- SHURA (Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive) (Sheffield Hallam University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity and Health Practices
- Social Sciences › Law › Discrimination and Equality Law
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Disability Rights and Representation
- Keywords
- obesity, discrimination, stigmatization, disability discrimination law, employment discrimination, reasonable accommodation, Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Race Relations Act 1976, human well-being, United Kingdom
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