Fat stigma experiences and how these are built thought the life trajectory of fat women before and after bariatric surgery: a study centered on ethnography

• Grant number: 19/00031-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2019
• End date: August 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition
• Principal Investigator: Fernanda Baeza Scagliusi
• Grantee: Mariana Dimitrov Ulian
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Nowadays, obesity is considered the main problem of Nutrition in Public Health due to its association with chronic noncommunicable diseases and its high prevalence in developed and developing countries. In this context, stigmatizations and discrimination related to the fat body are also increasing, which are relevant themes for raising ethical, sociocultural and health issues that affect fat people. Among measures to promote weight loss for fat people, bariatric surgery is understood as the only effective method to achieve such a goal. However, its complications seem to be more complex than the success of weight loss. Thus, this study proposes to investigate how women, who undergone bariatric surgery, experienced the construction and reconstruction of their bodies before and after the surgical procedure and also how they dealt with fat stigma experiences at these two moments. Fifteen self-appointed adult and fifteen self-appointed elderly women (totalizing 30 women) who have undergone bariatric surgery will be invited to participate in the study. This research will be centered on ethnography. Thus, through semi-structured individual interviews, participant and non-participant observations, the experiences of the participants with their bodies and the stigma socioculturally constructed from them will be analyzed. Such research seems fundamental to give voice to a population not yet much heard in scientific studies and, thus, can potentially bring data that contribute to the care and improvement of their health.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DA SILVA OLIVEIRA, MAYARA SANAY; SATO, PRISCILA DE MORAIS; ARCENO, MARK ANTHONY; ULIAN, MARIANA DIMITROV; UNSAIN, RAMIRO FERNANDEZ; CARDOSO, MARLY AUGUSTO; SCAGLIUSI, FERNANDA BAEZA. "It's women's obligation:" constitutive elements of gendered domestic cooking practices performed by women from western Brazilian Amazon. FOOD CULTURE & SOCIETY, v. 25, n. 3, p. 21-pg., 2021-06-05. (19/00031-0, 17/05651-0, 16/00270-6)

UNSAIN, RAMIRO FERNANDEZ; SATO, PRISCILA DE MORAIS; ULIAN, MARIANA DIMITROV; SABATINI, FERNANDA; DA SILVA OLIVEIRA, MAYARA SANAY; SCAGLIUSI, FERNANDA BAEZA. Triangulation of qualitative and quantitative approaches for the study of gay bears' food intake in Sao Paulo, Brazil. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH JOURNAL, FEB 2021. (15/12235-8, 17/05651-0, 19/00031-0)

SCAGLIUSI, FERNANDA BAEZA; ULIAN, MARIANA DIMITROV; GUALANO, BRUNO; ROBLE, ODILON JOSE; UNSAIN, RAMIRO FERNANDEZ; CARRIERS, MARIA REGINA; SATO, PRISCILA DE MORAIS; STURTZSREETHARAN, CINDI; BREWIS, ALEXANDRA; WUTICH, AMBER. ``Before I Saw a Gas Canister, Now I See a Person{''}: Post Obesity-Intervention Body Acceptance and Responses to Weight Stigma among Urban Brazilian Gorda Women. HUMAN ORGANIZATION, v. 79, n. 3, p. 176-191, FAL 2020. (19/00031-0, 17/17424-9, 15/03878-2)

DA SILVA OLIVEIRA, MAYARA SANAY; FERNANDEZ UNSAIN, RAMIRO ANDRES; SATO, PRISCILA DE MORAIS; ULIAN, MARIANA DIMITROV; SCAGLIUSI, FERNANDA BAEZA; CARDOSO, MARLY AUGUSTO. "Because I saw my mother cooking": the sociocultural process of learning and teaching domestic culinary skills of the Western Brazilian Amazonian women. FOOD AND FOODWAYS, v. 30, n. 4, p. 21-pg., 2022-09-14. (19/00031-0, 17/05651-0, 16/00270-6)

ULIAN, MARIANA DIMITROV; UNSAIN, RAMIRO FERNANDEZ; FRANCO, RUTH ROCHA; SANTO, MARCO AURELIO; BREWIS, ALEXANDRA; TRAINER, SARAH; STURTZSREETHARAN, CINDI; WUTICH, AMBER; GUALANO, BRUNO; SCAGLIUSI, FERNANDA BAEZA. Weight stigma after bariatric surgery: A qualitative study with Brazilian women. PLoS One, v. 18, n. 7, p. 17-pg., 2023-07-27. (17/17424-9, 19/00031-0)

SCAGLIUSI, FERNANDA BAEZA; ULIAN, MARIANA DIMITROV; GUALANO, BRUNO; ROBLE, ODILON JOSE; UNSAIN, RAMIRO FERNANDEZ; CARRIERS, MARIA REGINA; SATO, PRISCILA DE MORAIS; STURTZSREETHARAN, CINDI; BREWIS, ALEXANDRA; WUTICH, AMBER. "Before I Saw a Gas Canister, Now I See a Person": Post Obesity-Intervention Body Acceptance and Responses to Weight Stigma among Urban Brazilian Gorda Women. HUMAN ORGANIZATION, v. 79, n. 3, p. 16-pg., 2020-09-01. (17/17424-9, 15/03878-2, 19/00031-0)

UNSAIN, RAMIRO FERNANDEZ; SATO, PRISCILA DE MORAIS; ULIAN, MARIANA DIMITROV; SABATINI, FERNANDA; DA SILVA OLIVEIRA, MAYARA SANAY; SCAGLIUSI, FERNANDA BAEZA. Triangulation of qualitative and quantitative approaches for the study of gay bears' food intake in Sao Paulo, Brazil. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH JOURNAL, v. 21, n. 4, p. 12-pg., 2021-02-10. (19/00031-0, 15/12235-8, 17/05651-0)