Weight Discrimination and Bullying was the reading that explained a great deal to clarify my thinking and altered my assumptions, it remained an obvious choice to reflection upon. Overall the facts were compelling, however the principal topics I selected were, weight stigmatization in the workplace and how obesity affects young children. The ideas that shocked me and stuck out the utmost, was the correlation between individual’s weight and their salary, and the age at which negative attitudes towards obese people start.
The workplace seems like an unlikely environment for weight discrimination; is what I believed. I had the impression that the workplace was about intelligence, collaboration and getting tasks completed. Following the reading, …show more content…
I naïvely understood that this type of discrimination and bullying started in teenagers, but I was fully unaware of the occurrence, of negative stereotypes, in young children. In other words, I made an innocent judgment that children don 't react the same to obesity, the way adults do. Recognizing and categorizing people as overweight is what many adult brains tend to do. As well, many judge them on their physical appearance, which is seemingly what children are beginning to adopt. My previous knowledge on the effects and prevalence of pediatric obesity fell short, compared to the extreme facts that were provided throughout the reading. In light of this knowledge, I am aware of the weight bias’ that Puhl and King (2013) confirm begin at age three, later, in elementary school the bullying begins and worsens as the child ages. Obese youths are at higher risks of being victimized by their peers, also face social exclusion even at a young age. There is a correlation between being overweight and having a lower social status, which brand obese children the lesser desired playmate (Gray, Kahhan & Janicke, 2009). The original study, preformed in 1961 by Richardson, Goodman, Hastorf, and Dornbusch was then redone in 2003 to test if the elevated obesity rates had an influence on the children’s attitude.
The workplace seems like an unlikely environment for weight discrimination; is what I believed. I had the impression that the workplace was about intelligence, collaboration and getting tasks completed. Following the reading, …show more content…
I naïvely understood that this type of discrimination and bullying started in teenagers, but I was fully unaware of the occurrence, of negative stereotypes, in young children. In other words, I made an innocent judgment that children don 't react the same to obesity, the way adults do. Recognizing and categorizing people as overweight is what many adult brains tend to do. As well, many judge them on their physical appearance, which is seemingly what children are beginning to adopt. My previous knowledge on the effects and prevalence of pediatric obesity fell short, compared to the extreme facts that were provided throughout the reading. In light of this knowledge, I am aware of the weight bias’ that Puhl and King (2013) confirm begin at age three, later, in elementary school the bullying begins and worsens as the child ages. Obese youths are at higher risks of being victimized by their peers, also face social exclusion even at a young age. There is a correlation between being overweight and having a lower social status, which brand obese children the lesser desired playmate (Gray, Kahhan & Janicke, 2009). The original study, preformed in 1961 by Richardson, Goodman, Hastorf, and Dornbusch was then redone in 2003 to test if the elevated obesity rates had an influence on the children’s attitude.