
After overweight women watched a stigmatizing video, they consumed three times as many calories as those who watched a neutral video. Researchers expect the same would happen to men.
“Using food to cope is common strategy for people who face weight stigma from multiple sources—whether it be from TV shows, coworkers, or family members,” says lead study author Natasha Schvey, M.S., graduate student at Yale University.
http://news.menshealth.com/you%E2%80%99re-making-her-fat/2011/07/28/?cm_mmc=Twitter-_-MensHealth-_-Content-MHNews-_-NaggingWeight
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