Webinar: Communication About Body Weight: Implications for Health Communication and Media
Presenter: Rebecca Puhl, PhD
When: Monday, October 17th, 12PM Eastern
Details: In this webinar, Dr. Puhl will summarize her research examining weight stigma in public health communication and the media, highlighting the impact of both visual images and language used to depict people with higher weight. In addition to demonstrating how stigmatizing communication negatively affects public attitudes and health behaviors, her work has identified youth and adult preferences for non-stigmatizing terminology in communication about body weight. Recent initiatives and strategies for reducing weight stigma in health communication will be discussed.
Register Here: https://mhealth.inchip.uconn.edu/training-2/
For more information, contact: Center for mHealth & Social Media at mhealthcenter@uconn.edu