{"id":678250,"date":"2026-09-08T09:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/678250\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:04:17","slug":"hse-warns-of-internalised-weight-bias-as-obesity-rates-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/678250\/","title":{"rendered":"HSE warns of &#8220;internalised weight bias&#8221; as obesity rates climb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The HSE has advised the public on the dangers of \u201cinternalised weight bias\u201d, while directing people towards an NGO that claims obesity stigma is based on the \u201cmisconception that obesity is a choice.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In guidance published on the HSE website, the executive states that weight bias exists because of a \u201cpoor understanding of the causes of obesity\u201d and can lead to people experiencing feelings of \u201cshame, guilt and anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This article is premium content<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Get unlimited access to Gript<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Support Gript and get exclusive content, full archives and an ad-free experience<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"v-btn v-btn--block v-btn--has-bg theme--light v-size--large accent mb-6\" href=\"https:\/\/gript.ie\/membership\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/gript.ie\/?memberful_endpoint=auth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The HSE has advised the public on the dangers of \u201cinternalised weight bias\u201d, while directing people towards an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[73],"tags":[4391,79,18,474,60,19,17],"class_list":["post-678250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-ben-scallan","tag-business","tag-eire","tag-healthcare","tag-hse","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117234622031999958","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}