Table 3. Prevalence of Explicit Anti-fat Attitudes.

Table 3 shows the wording of the explicit bias measure items, and the proportion of the sample who agree slightly, moderately or strongly with each item. Also included is the proportion who agrees moderately or strongly with at least one scale item.

	% (n) slightly agreeing with the item	% (n) moderately or strongly agreeing with the item
Dislike
I really don’t like fat people much.	11.4% (521)	4.7% (221)
I have a hard time taking fat people seriously	10.2% (473)	3.2% (149)
Fat people make me feel somewhat uncomfortable	14.8% (681)	3.5% (162)
≥ 1 scale item		6.9% (316)
Blame
Fat people tend to be fat pretty much through their own fault	21.8% (1020)	14.8% (696)
Some people are fat because they have no will power	34.2% (1578)	25.8% (1210)
≥ 1 scale item		29.8% (1392)
Fear
I feel disgusted with myself when I gain weight	28.8% (1346)	32.5% (1489)
I worry about becoming fat	28.4% (1325)	39.6% (1823)
≥ 1 scale item		45.8% (2109)