CHANGES IN SOCIAL IDENTITY OF THE OBESE: FROM STIGMA TO THE FAT PRIDE

Authors

  • Alden dos Santos Neves Docente do Curso de Nutrição do Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda-UniFOA Doutorando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde do Instituto de Nutrição de Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro(PPGANS/INU/UERJ)
  • André Luís de Oliveira Mendonça Professor do Instituto de Medicina Social da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro(IMS/UERJ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2014.9461

Keywords:

Obesidade, transição nutricional, estigma social, medicalização

Abstract

The phenomenon of nutritional transition brought as major consequence high prevalence of overweight / obesity in the world population. Beyond the reflections on health, obesity brings important social changes to those who suffer of this condition. Despite the growing epidemic of obesity, we can see the emergence of a lipophobic model of society, that puts on obese a stigma by association of obesity with a number of negative moral values. The arise of the fat pride movement features a reaction of the stigma of obesity, and the medicalization of obesity points to bariatric surgery as medical technology able to change the condition of the obese. This paper aims to justify the need to understand the changes in the social identity of the obese from studies of authors who address obesity under the framework of the Public Health. The overall objective is to understand the transformations of the social identity of the obese, and specific objectives: examine obesity as a social stigma, and briefly describe the medicalization of obesity and the phenomena involved in the emergence of fat pride. The emergence of this movement in Brazil differs from the original American movement, based on the media appeal, and tends to create a commercial movement.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2014.9461

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Alden dos Santos Neves, Docente do Curso de Nutrição do Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda-UniFOA Doutorando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde do Instituto de Nutrição de Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro(PPGANS/INU/UERJ)

É graduado em Nutrição pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1994), especialista em Gerontologia Aplicada pelo Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda-UniFOA(2002), Mestre pelo Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Ensino de Ciências da Saúde e do Meio-Ambiente pelo Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda-UniFOA(2010),e doutorando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Alimentação,Nutrição e Saúde(INU/UERJ). Atualmente é coordenador do Curso de Nutrição do Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda. Tem experiência na área de Nutrição, com ênfase em Dietética, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: avaliação nutricional, avaliação antropométrica, intervenção nutricional, educação nutricional e segurança alimentar e nutricional.Ocupa uma vaga no Conselho de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, como pesquisador, para o biênio 2010-2012.

André Luís de Oliveira Mendonça, Professor do Instituto de Medicina Social da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro(IMS/UERJ)

Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2008). Pós-doutorado em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2012-2013). Professor-Adjunto do Instituto de Medicina Social da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

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2014-08-09

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Neves A dos S, Mendonça AL de O. CHANGES IN SOCIAL IDENTITY OF THE OBESE: FROM STIGMA TO THE FAT PRIDE. DEMETRA [Internet]. 2014 Aug. 9 [cited 2025 May 2];9(3):619-31. Available from: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/demetra/article/view/9461

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