Abstract

COUSS, Angelita et al. Social representations of overweight and obesity: systematic review. Bol. - Acad. Paul. Psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.41, n.100, pp.124-135. ISSN 1415-711X.

Body excess is seen in different ways, depending on the social groups that refer to it. This systematic review seeks to identify how the theme of Social Representations of overweight and obesity has been discussed in the scientific literature between 2015 and 2019. Data were collected between March and May 2020 in different databases: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin American Literature in Health Science (LILACS), National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Electronic Psychology Journals (PePSIC), EBSCO, PsycNet and Web of Science, using the following keywords: "Social Representations" and "obesity" or "overweight" in Portuguese, Spanish, English and French. At the end of the article eligibility process, eight papers met the established inclusion criteria. The productions based their arguments on three categories: 1) Obesity as a disease, 2) Obesity related to psychological disorders and 3) Social consequences of obesity. It was found that the research brought the three categories of social representations of obesity to a greater or lesser degree of importance, concomitantly. Regardless of the location of the research, the negative view of obesity and overweight is repeated, presented as something to be prevented, and combated, or even better discussed, in order to avoid stigmatization and problems arising from it.

Keywords : social representations; obesity; overweight.

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