The negative attitudes held by people in the United States toward obese individuals is

A. understandable because weight is something that can be controlled.
B. now accepted as the new normal.
C. not stigmatizing because excess fat is unhealthy.
D. rooted in norms that define fat bodies as deviant.


Answer: D

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