People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, people who are not heterosexual, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, are most at risk of ‘internalised’ weight stigma, new research led by the University of Bristol has found. The study is published in The Lancet Regional Health Europe today [16 April].
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It’s Not Just You: Young People Look, Feel Older When They’re Stressed
A new study finds younger adults look and feel older on stressful days – but only on days when they also feel they have relatively less control over their own lives.