"Like many theorists and researchers, Afridi blames the origin of weight bias on the media, which has played a big role in promoting a thin ideal."

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"Like many theorists and researchers, Afridi blames the origin of weight bias on the media, which has played a big role in promoting a thin ideal. Compounding this issue is social media, that has opened more doors in perpetuating biases of what is attractive and unattractive."