obesity paradox (Q357496)

medical hypothesis which holds that obesity may be protective and associated with greater survival in certain groups of people

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	obesity paradox	medical hypothesis which holds that obesity may be protective and associated with greater survival in certain groups of people

Statements

instance of

paradox

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subclass of

social stigma of obesity

1 reference

reference URL

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-obesity-research-fatphobia-is-always-the-x-factor/

retrieved

10 December 2021

quotation

The term ‘obesity paradox’ is a prime example of weight stigma in the scientific literature,” Jeffrey Hunger, an assistant professor of social psychology at Miami University of Ohio told me when I wrote about medical weight stigma for the July 2020 issue of Scientific American. (English)

facet of

obesity

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