In a research which assessed eating disorders, it was revealed that women feel the threat of obesity more than the men.

The study has concluded that women who are slim and fit often feel depressed if they encounter an overweight person. This was proved through a brain scan which was done on women and men, who were shown the pictures of obese people, the scan revealed that the brain is targeted and it processes self- reflection in case of women and men remain unaffected by it.

Neuroscientist Mark Allen, who led the study said, "These women in our study had no history of eating disorders and project an attitude that they don't care about body image. Yet under the surface is an anxiety about getting fat and the centrality of body image to self".

The aim of the project is to improve the eating disorders by aligning it with brain imaging.

It was commented by Dr. Allen that the part of the brain that gets burdened on seeing an overweight person is called as prefrontal cortex and it produces extreme unhappiness and antipathy.

Dr. Mary Brown, Lecturer in Psychology at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen criticizes the conclusion of the study and suggests that it would not be precise to say that men do not have any worries about obesity.