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Implications of Wearing a Fat Suit

NCT02745405 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 109

Last updated 2016-04-20

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Summary

This study examined how wearing a fat suit might lead individuals to experience the negative effects of weight based stigmatization, including psychological, behavioral, and physiological consequences. It also aimed to test using the fat suit as a possible intervention tactic to reduce weight stigma.

Conditions

  • Feeding Behaviors

Interventions

OTHER

Fat Suit

Participants wear a fat suit.

OTHER

Control Condition

Participants wear same clothing as intervention, but in their own size.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • A. Janet Tomiyama

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • A. Janet Tomiyama, Ph.D · University of California, Los Angeles

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

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