"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

Autor(es)

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

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: HUMAN ORGANIZATION; v. 79, n. 3, p. 16-pg., 2020-09-01.

Resumo

Weight stigma is reportedly globalizing, but there is limited evidence of how concerns around weight change are impacting those in many places. Additionally, few studies to date have considered how weight stigma operates in the context of interventions that purposefully eschew from a focus on weight itself. We have used qualitative analysis to examine body acceptance and responses to weight stigma among urban Brazilian gorda women participating in two forms of Health at Every Size (R) (HAES (R)) interventions: an intensive HAES (R) program (I-HAES (R), n=26), which directly addressed weight stigma and a traditional, less-intensive HAES (R) program (CTRL, n=13). Individual, semi-structured interviews regarding how participants felt about their bodies were conducted post-intervention. Exploratory content analysis followed an inductive approach. The I-HAES (R)-group was more prone to accept their bodies, to feel well-being, to do new things, and to give proactive responses to weight stigma, while the CTRL-group internalized and accepted stigma, reported a lack of body acceptance, and indicated they were less able to challenge stigma in their lives. Interdisciplinary, intensive HAES (R) interventions appear able to meaningfully tackle responses to weight stigma and promote body acceptance, important in contexts where stigma is a major component of how women experience their weight. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 17/19955-1 - Treinamento em avaliações qualitativas
• Beneficiário: Maria Regina Carriero
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Programa Capacitação - Treinamento Técnico
• Processo FAPESP: 17/17424-9 - Saúde e Bem-Estar na Obesidade: avaliação de uma intervenção interdisciplinar baseada na abordagem 'Health at every size' para mulheres obesas
• Beneficiário: Fernanda Baeza Scagliusi
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Pesquisa
• Processo FAPESP: 15/03878-2 - Saúde e Bem-Estar na Obesidade: avaliação de uma intervenção interdisciplinar baseada na abordagem 'Health at every size' para mulheres obesas
• Beneficiário: Fernanda Baeza Scagliusi
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 19/00031-0 - Experiências com o estigma relacionado ao corpo gordo e como estas se constroem na trajetória de vida de mulheres gordas antes e depois da cirurgia bariátrica: um estudo centrado na etnografia
• Beneficiário: Mariana Dimitrov Ulian
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado