Instrument measuring discriminating attitudes | Studies that apply the instrument |
Attitudes towards weight-loss surgery and medical treatment | 50 |
Beliefs about obesity as a financial burden for society | 39 |
Statements measuring support/rejection of weight-related laws or policies | |
a. My country/state should include body weight in our civil rights law in order to protect people from discrimination based on their body weight. | 37 38 41 44 45 |
b. It should be illegal for an employer to refuse to hire a qualified person because of his or her body weight. | 37 38 41 44 45 |
c. It should be illegal for an employer to terminate or fire a qualified employee because of his or her body weight. | 37 38 41 44 45 |
d. Fat/overweight persons should be subject to the same legal protections and benefits offered to people with physical disabilities. | 37 38 41 42 44 45 |
e. It should be illegal for an employer to deny a promotion or appropriate compensation to a qualified employee because of his or her body weight. | 37 38 41 44 |
f. Obesity should be considered a disability (under the ADA) so that people will be protected from weight discrimination in the workplace. | 38 41 44 45 |
g. Congress/Government should pass the WDEA to protect overweight Americans from discrimination in the workplace/employees from discrimination in the workplace based on their body-weight. | 38 41 44 |
h. The government should play a more active role in protecting overweight people from discrimination. | 38 41 42 |
i. It should be illegal for an employer to assign lower wages to a qualified employee because of his or her body weight. | 44 45 |
j. The government should have specific laws in place to protect people from weight discrimination. | 44 |
k. The government should penalise (or fine) those who discriminate against persons because of their weight. | 44 |
l. Individual companies should have the right to determine whom to hire based on an employee’s personal body weight. | 44 |
m. Employers should be allowed to assign different salaries to employees based on their body weight. | 44 |
n. My country should pass a Healthy Workplace Law to address workplace bullying | 44 |
WDEA, Weight Discrimination in Employment Act.