An approach to fatphobia present in health services

• Autor(a) principal: Costa de Souza, Ester
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: do Nascimento de Barcelos, Thainá, de Brito Lima, Michele, Porto Faus, Daniela, Faerstein , Eduardo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Journal Health NPEPS
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unemat.br/index.php/jhnpeps/article/view/11092
• topic: Preconceito de Peso; Estigma Social; Rede Social; Acesso aos Serviços de Saúde; Discriminação Social; Obesity; Stigma; Social media; Access to health services; Discrimination; Obesidad; Estigma; Redes sociales; Acceso a los servicios de salud; Discriminación

Objective: To analyze the content of reports posted on social media on the topic of medical fatphobia. Methods: This study examined publicly available retrospective data on the social networks Twitter and Instagram, between January 2021 and January 2022. Each selected publication was categorized according to gender, grammatical person of the reports, main theme and consequences the health. Results: 75 reports were analyzed, mostly female (86.7%), mentioning 13 health specialties. Unsolicited encouragement of surgical measures for weight loss, lack of attention to patients' main complaints were reported; psychological, verbal and/or physical violence associated with being overweight and, in general, fatphobia as a barrier to accessing health care. Regarding the categorization of health consequences, reports of treatment abandonment, damage to mental health and consequences for maternal and child health were found. Conclusion: The characteristics of the reports are consistent with the discussions described in other international studies, such as the underrepresentation of men in debates related to obesity, the hegemony of biomedical knowledge in the face of social issues, the narrowing of access to health and the negative contribution to people's physical and mental health.