Fat Studies (FS) is a new interdisciplinary field that addresses oppression based on body weight, shape, and size as it intersects with oppression based on other areas of difference. As such, FS incorporates a weight-neutral approach to health, Health At Every Size® (HAES), that decries weight bias, promotes body self-acceptance...
Weight bias has dramatically increased over the last 20 years
and is as prevalent as bias based on race and gender. The
media is a primary source of weight bias according to a review
of weight-related content within newspapers, popular press
books, television, and movies. Bias is perpetuated through
messages...
Naturally, we may assume that group rapport is critical for producing high-quality group performance (such as among work groups, sports teams, or even research collaborators). With this in mind, the purpose of this investigation was to test this assumption by exploring the relationship between self-reported group rapport and group-level social...