Because weight discrimination has effects on people's lives that can be measured.

因为体重歧视对人们生活的影响是可以衡量的。

And weight discrimination has concrete, measurable effects on the lives of people who experience it, effects that aren't always what you'd expect.

体重歧视对经历过它的人的生活有具体的、可测量的影响，这些影响并不总是你所预期的。

If the participants thought they were discriminated against based on weight, as opposed to age, gender, or race, the researchers counted it as perceived weight discrimination.

如果参与者认为自己因为体重而受到歧视，而不是因为年龄、性别或种族，研究人员将其视为感知的体重歧视。