Members of the Obesity Empowerment Network are warmly invited to attend our upcoming AGM on 24th January 2022, 1-2pm. Please click this link to register for your free ticket which will give access to the meeting, which will be held on Zoom.
Mental health & obesity
Research published this week by Ipsos MORI has shown that people living with obesity are nearly twice as likely to report poor mental health, compared to people with a healthy weight as measured by the Body Mass Index (BMI). OEN UK Champion Nadya Isack, and obesity advocate Sarah Le Brocq, spoke with Riz Lateef on the BBC Radio London about the impact of weight stigma on the mental health of people living with obesity.
Continue reading “Mental health & obesity”Obesity Health Alliance Launches Healthy Weight Strategy
Obesity Health Alliance have published their 10-year Healthy Weight Strategy laying out a long-term agenda for UK Government action which makes it possible for everyone to move towards attaining, sustaining and enjoying improved wellbeing and healthy weight.
Continue reading “Obesity Health Alliance Launches Healthy Weight Strategy”Weight Stigma in the media
People living with overweight or obesity face pervasive stigmatisation, social devaluation, and discrimination based on their body size. OEN UK has launched the ‘Stand Up to Weight Stigma’ campaign to highlight the nature and extent of this discrimination in various different settings and bring change.
OEN member, Liv Sewell spoke with Dr Stuart W. Flint, Associate Professor of the Psychology of Obesity at the University of Leeds, about the extent and impact of weight-based stigma in the media. In this post Liv summarises what we know…
Continue reading “Weight Stigma in the media”Stepping up action on childhood obesity
In this post we highlight World Obesity recommendations for addressing obesity in children and call on Her Majesty’s Government to utilise the recommendations to drive policy addressing childhood obesity forward.
Continue reading “Stepping up action on childhood obesity”Weight Stigma at Work: Moving from analysis to action
In this second guest post for the ‘Stand Up to Weight Stigma’ campaign, Dr Zofia Bajorek highlights steps key stakeholders must take to ensure active and fair participation in the labour market for people living and working with obesity.
Continue reading “Weight Stigma at Work: Moving from analysis to action”Exploring experiences of weight stigma in people with a higher weight
If you are an adult affected by a higher body weight, could you help researchers at the University of Leeds by sharing your experiences of weight stigma?
Continue reading “Exploring experiences of weight stigma in people with a higher weight”Weight Stigma in Employment
Individuals with overweight and obesity face pervasive stigmatisation, social devaluation, and discrimination because of their body size in our society in the UK. OEN UK has launched the ‘Stand Up to Weight Stigma’ campaign to highlight the nature and extent of this discrimination in various different settings and bring change. The first focus of the campaign is the workplace. In this guest post, Dr Zofia Bajorek draws on recent research to highlight the extent of weight-based stigma people with obesity face in employment.
Continue reading “Weight Stigma in Employment”Professor Farooqi becomes a Royal Society Fellow
We are delighted to announce that OEN Steering Group member Professor Sadaf Farooqi has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of her discoveries of fundamental mechanisms that control human energy homeostasis and their disruption in obesity.
Skinny Genes
It is commonly thought that being thin is down to choices – eating choices and activity choices. This has lead to thinness being associated with a kind of personal fortitude or moral superiority and overweight and obesity being associated with personal weakness and moral inferiority. But current scientific understanding does not support this position.
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