Overweight people who believe the stigma of their size are at a higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome. A study published last week in Obesity indicates that overweight people who believe the stigma of their size are at a higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome, a cluster of risk factors, including high triglycerides, blood pressure, blood glucose, and weight circumference. “We were looking at [the effect of] weight bias internalization, which happens when people who are overweight or obese are aware of the negative stereotypes that are pervasive in our society, they agree with them, and they apply them to themselves, so they’re self-stigmatizing,” University of Pennsylvania Professor Rebecca L. Pearl, the lead author of the study, told Yahoo Beauty.
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