Bathroom Scales and Weight Stigma

Make your own decision on the bathroom scale and recognize internalized fat shaming. https://www.couchtoactive.com  Mentioned in this episode. Invention of Bathroom Scales 1920 Marketing of Scales to women. Insurance Companies using weight. Medical Journal Article by Lauren Vogel https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6565398/ Lauren Vogel article quotes: The more people are exposed to weight bias and discrimination, the more likely they are to gain weight and become obese, even if they were thin to begin with. They’re also more likely to die from any cause, regardless of their body mass index (BMI). Fat shaming is also linked to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, eating disorders and exercise avoidance, Alberga said. There’s emerging evidence that the severity of harm increases when people internalize weight bias and turn it on themselves. In one study, participants with high levels of internalization of weight-bias had three times greater odds of having metabolic syndrome than those with low levels, even after controlling for BMI and other risk factors.