L R Vartanian

Summary

Affiliation: University of New South Wales
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Primum non nocere: obesity stigma and public health
    Lenny R Vartanian
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Bioeth Inq 10:49-57. 2013
  2. ncbi Social connectedness, conformity, and internalization of societal standards of attractiveness
    Lenny R Vartanian
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Body Image 7:86-9. 2010
  3. ncbi Disgust and perceived control in attitudes toward obese people
    L R Vartanian
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Int J Obes (Lond) 34:1302-7. 2010
  4. ncbi Internalized societal attitudes moderate the impact of weight stigma on avoidance of exercise
    Lenny R Vartanian
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:757-62. 2011
  5. ncbi "Obese people" vs "Fat people": impact of group label on weight bias
    L R Vartanian
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Eat Weight Disord 15:e195-8. 2010
  6. ncbi Changes in weight bias following weight loss: the impact of weight-loss method
    J Fardouly
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Int J Obes (Lond) 36:314-9. 2012

Collaborators

  • J Fardouly

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Primum non nocere: obesity stigma and public health
    Lenny R Vartanian
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Bioeth Inq 10:49-57. 2013
    ..Public health campaigns should focus on facilitating behavioral change, rather than stigmatizing obese people, and should be grounded in the available empirical evidence. Fundamentally, these campaigns should, first, do no harm...
  2. ncbi Social connectedness, conformity, and internalization of societal standards of attractiveness
    Lenny R Vartanian
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Body Image 7:86-9. 2010
    ..Conformity appears to be a risk factor for the internalization of societal standards of attractiveness, and could be targeted in efforts to reduce internalization, negative body image, and disordered eating...
  3. ncbi Disgust and perceived control in attitudes toward obese people
    L R Vartanian
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Int J Obes (Lond) 34:1302-7. 2010
    ..This study examined the role of disgust in evaluations of obese people, as well as other social groups (for example smokers, drug addicts, women, homosexuals, politicians)...
  4. ncbi Internalized societal attitudes moderate the impact of weight stigma on avoidance of exercise
    Lenny R Vartanian
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:757-62. 2011
    ..Reducing internalization might be a means of minimizing the negative impact of weight stigma and of facilitating healthy weight management efforts...
  5. ncbi "Obese people" vs "Fat people": impact of group label on weight bias
    L R Vartanian
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Eat Weight Disord 15:e195-8. 2010
    ..The present study examined whether the terms "obese people" vs "fat people" impact evaluations of a target group...
  6. ncbi Changes in weight bias following weight loss: the impact of weight-loss method
    J Fardouly
    School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Int J Obes (Lond) 36:314-9. 2012
    ..This study examined changes in people's perceptions of an obese target who had lost weight through diet and exercise or through surgery...