As for the other part of the post:
From Dr. Yoni Freedhoff's blog:
http://www.weightymatters.ca/2012/03...s-to-stop.html
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So forgive me Ms. Allen, if I don't practice my stink eye, for if guilt, shame and name calling were useful in the generalized real world, then the real world would most assuredly be one hell of a skinny place as it currently has no shortage of guilt, shame and name calling for those with obesity.
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From Dr. Sharma's blog:
http://www.drsharma.ca/do-shame-and-...-problem-worse
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For those, who still think increasing social pressure on people with excess weight by emphasizing the many drawbacks of excess weight and by declaring it largely a matter of lifestyle “choice”, an article by Brenda Major and colleagues from the University of California, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, may prove a worthwhile read. In their experiments, the researchers randomly assigned women with a wide range of BMIs to read a news article about stigma faced by overweight individuals in the job market or a control article. Reading the article on weight stigma caused women who perceived themselves to be overweight (irrespective of their actual BMI), to consume more calories and feel less capable of controlling their eating than exposure to the non-stigmatizing article.
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For every person you point to that can say that being ashamed of themselves made them change, I can point to two people that go home and EAT their shame. I know I did. For decades. In high school I was the fat kid that was taunted every day and to deal with the shame, I'd come home after school and shove food in my face. Sure that made me get more and more obese, but the way the brain typically deals with negative emotions is demand something that will give a quick release of dopamine. So comfort foods of pizza and pie were my answers. Would you mind finding me a few studies that show that fat shaming helps? Because from all the studies I have seen, it actually makes the situation far, far worse. And that has been my personal experience as well.
Another study:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3670560.html
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In 2006 and again in 2010, a new study, led by psychologist Angelina Sutin at the Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee, Fla., collected the body mass indexes of 6,157 Americans ages 50 and over who were either normal weight, overweight or obese, Today reported. The research team found that overweight people who faced weight discrimination were over two times more likely to become obese by the end of the study. Participants who were obese when the study began and had experienced weight discrimination were three times more likely to still be obese in 2010. "Rather than motivating individuals to lose weight, weight discrimination increases risk for obesity," Sutin summarized her findings.
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