TY - JOUR AU - Sikorski, Claudia AU - Luppa, Melanie AU - Kaiser, Marie AU - Glaesmer, Heide AU - Schomerus, Georg AU - König, Hans-Helmut AU - Riedel-Heller, Steffi G. PY - 2011 DA - 2011/08/23 TI - The stigma of obesity in the general public and its implications for public health - a systematic review JO - BMC Public Health SP - 661 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Up to this date, prevalence rates of obesity are still rising. Aside from co-morbid diseases, perceived discrimination and stigmatization leads to worsen outcomes in obese individuals. Higher stigmatizing attitudes towards obese individuals may also result in less support of preventive and interventive measures. In light of the immense burden of obesity on health care systems and also on the individuals' quality of life, accepted and subsidized preventive measures are needed. Policy support might be determined by views of the lay public on causes of obesity and resulting weight stigma. This study seeks to answer how representative samples of the lay public perceive people with obesity or overweight status (stigmatizing attitudes); what these samples attribute obesity to (causal attribution) and what types of interventions are supported by the lay public and which factors determine that support (prevention support). SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-661 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-11-661 ID - Sikorski2011 ER -