Nearly half of the respondents to the survey who sometimes struggle with their weight or body image (47%) report that they have described themselves as ‘fat’. Respondents to the general population survey were more likely to describe themselves using negative words than positive – 63% versus 37%. Participants in the research who struggled with their weight reported using words like ‘failure’, ‘shame’, ‘dissatisfied’, ‘hopeless’, ‘anxious’, ‘invisible’, ‘uncomfortable’, ‘insecure’ and ‘embarrassed’ to describe how they felt about themselves and their weight and body image. This has a negative impact on our self-esteem and can spiral into self-loathing. The Mind your Language report explores how we use critical language around weight and body image to denigrate ourselves. New research commissioned by Slimming World has found that 60% of British adults have sometimes struggled with their weight or body image, and of those, 74% have used self-critical language when referring to their weight or body image.
Behavioural psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos says that we must learn to break the cycle of self-loathing and negative self-talk and develop a more positive attitude to succeed in making changes.89% of Slimming World members say that losing weight as part of Slimming World has helped them feel more positive.A third (33%) of those who sometimes struggle with their weight or body image say that their friends, family or partner/spouse negatively affects their self-esteem on a daily basis.63% of respondents report having used negative words to describe themselves against 37% who report using positive words.Of those, 74% use self-deprecating (belittling) language when talking about their own weight or body image.
60% of British adults say they sometimes struggle with their weight or body image.New research commissioned by Slimming World looks at how critical and negative language around weight and body image damages our self-esteem and can spiral into a vicious cycle.
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