The social and psychological consequences of obesity are less pronounced in communities with higher obesity rates

"(...) Across the two datasets we found that obesity has adverse consequences – in the social, economic, and health domain – but that these consequences were less severe in some regions. (...) For me, this means, that at least some of the adverse consequences of obesity appear socially construed and, thus, can be reduced. Just to give an example, one way to change society’s views of obesity may be through a more true-to-life representation of different body sizes in the media.(...)"