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Weightism

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Prejudice and discrimination against people because of their large size or extreme weight

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Devaluing

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Involved strategically de-emphasizing the importance of a domain to one’s self-concept and is often complemented by a corresponding selective valuing of an alternative domain on which one is likely to succeed.

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lookism

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refers to the positive stereotypes, prejudice and preferential treatment accorded to physically attractive people or more generally to people whose appearance matches cultural values and priorities.

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size acceptance

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a movement that challenges the moral panic and judgement surrounding obesity, including the beliefs that weight is controllable and significant weight loss is achievable.

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