When initially choosing a topic, I wanted to choose something which engaged not only the reader, but also myself as the writer. I thought that something involving current events would not only interest me, but I would also find a multitude of sources available to me. Initially, I thought the entire concept of the existence of Evaluating bias against overweight persons among nursing and psychology students would be a good topic, however after brief researching, I decided to get deeper into this topic of the Obesity is actually one of the leading public health concerns in the USA and other industrialized nations today. Ogden et al. (2006) reported that more than 76% of the US adult population was either overweight or obese. Obesity is associated with many health risks such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, fatty liver disease, reproductive disorders and several types of cancer (Brown et al. 2009). To determine the implicit or unconscious attitudes of Nursing and Psychology majors towards overweight individuals in
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It showed I have a moderate unthinking preference for overweight people. I know that will not come as a shock to some of my readers. What I’ve learned about myself is “I don’t think that I can really be biased. I grew up in a diverse neighborhood, and I have a lot of friends who are heavy in weight.” or “I didn’t grow up privileged. My family didn’t have a lot of money, and we worked for everything we got. Still I hang out with lot of people who are overweight, it wouldn’t be fair to them if you just ignore them. The audience reading this topic could be a wide variety of readers. Almost the entire country is informed by the media in some way, shape, or form, and in order to acquire the most information, one must be informed and be aware of the biases which exist within the media, being overweight is one of
It showed I have a moderate unthinking preference for overweight people. I know that will not come as a shock to some of my readers. What I’ve learned about myself is “I don’t think that I can really be biased. I grew up in a diverse neighborhood, and I have a lot of friends who are heavy in weight.” or “I didn’t grow up privileged. My family didn’t have a lot of money, and we worked for everything we got. Still I hang out with lot of people who are overweight, it wouldn’t be fair to them if you just ignore them. The audience reading this topic could be a wide variety of readers. Almost the entire country is informed by the media in some way, shape, or form, and in order to acquire the most information, one must be informed and be aware of the biases which exist within the media, being overweight is one of