Obesities, 2022 The present study examined data from a randomized controlled trial exploring whether behavioral weight loss treatment was associated with changes in internalized weight bias. The relationship between internalized weight bias and psychological functioning
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Internalized Weight Bias and Disordered Eating: The Mediating Role of Body Image Avoidance and Drive for Thinness [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Internalized weight bias has been linked with undesirable physical and psychological health outcomes, including disordered eating. Interventions have targeted internalized weight bias and associated outcomes, but little is known about underlying ...
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Designing Ruby: Protocol for a 2-Arm, Brief, Digital Randomized Controlled Trial for Internalized Weight Bias [PDF]
JMIR Research Protocols, 2021 BackgroundWeight bias internalization, also known as weight self-stigma, is a serious health concern for individuals with higher body weight.
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Sleep Quality, Not Sleep Duration, Is Independently Associated with Internalized Weight Bias: The Greek Lifestyle and Obesity-Related Bias Survey [PDF]
Clocks & SleepInternalized weight bias—the self-directed endorsement of weight-related stereotypes—has emerged as a psychologically potent correlate of health outcomes in individuals with overweight and obesity, yet its relationship with sleep remains largely ...
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Body shaming and internalized weight bias as potential precursors of eating disorders in adolescents [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionBody shaming (BS) is a growing phenomenon within the school context, especially among adolescents. Recently, it has been described as an unrepeated act in which a person expresses unsolicited, mostly negative comments about an individual’s ...
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The hidden pathways to internalized weight bias: from insecure attachment to depressive self-schemas [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundInternalized weight bias (IWB) is associated with adverse physical and psychopathological outcomes, yet the cognitive and emotional mechanisms underlying its development in non-clinical populations remain insufficiently understood.
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Internalized weight bias is associated with perceived exertion and affect during exercise in a sample with higher body weight [PDF]
Obesity Science & Practice, 2021 Objective For individuals with overweight/obesity, internalized weight bias (IWB) is linked to low physical activity (PA). This study used a laboratory‐based paradigm to test the hypothesis that IWB moderates the association between heart rate (HR) and ...
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Addressing Internalized Weight Bias and Changing Damaged Social Identities for People Living With Obesity [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Obesity is a stigmatized disease due to pervasive personal, professional, institutional, and cultural weight bias. Individuals with obesity experience weight bias across their lifespan and settings, which can affect their life chances and significantly ...
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Internalized weight bias and psychological wellbeing: An exploratory investigation of a preliminary model. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Although a growing body of literature demonstrates negative effects of internalized weight bias (IWB), the relationships between IWB and relevant social, psychological, and behavioral variables have not yet been evaluated systematically.
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Internalized weight bias: ratings of the self, normal weight, and obese individuals and psychological maladjustment. [PDF]
J Behav Med, 2013 Current measures of internalized weight bias assess factors such as responsibility for weight status, mistreatment because of weight, etc. A potential complementary approach for assessing internalized weight bias is to examine the correspondence between ...
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