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The Body Advocacy Movement-Health: a pilot randomized trial of a novel intervention targeting weight stigma among health professional students

Journal of Eating Disorders
Background Weight stigma among healthcare professionals is associated with negative health impacts on patients, yet there are few effective strategies to combat weight stigma among health professional learners.
Anna Kreynin, Tessa Meurer, Lauren Pictor, Agatha A. Laboe, Mahathi Gavuji, Sabrina Fleege, Erin Bowden, Katherine Schaumberg   +7 more
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Weight stigma and mental health in a racially and ethnically diverse sample of US adults

Frontiers in Psychiatry
IntroductionWeight stigma is associated with poor mental health outcomes. Yet little is known about whether the strength of the association between weight stigma and mental health outcomes differs by race or ethnicity, or factors that mitigate the mental
Mary A. Gerend, Anna W. Lu, Elizabeth L. Teets   +2 more
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Designing Ruby: Protocol for a 2-Arm, Brief, Digital Randomized Controlled Trial for Internalized Weight Bias

JMIR Research Protocols, 2021
BackgroundWeight bias internalization, also known as weight self-stigma, is a serious health concern for individuals with higher body weight.
Christina M Hopkins, Hailey N Miller, Taylor L Brooks, Lihua Mo-Hunter, Dori M Steinberg, Gary G Bennett   +5 more
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Teacher confidence and student engagement with mental health and wellbeing lessons: Learning from an iterative curriculum intervention in schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The mental health and wellbeing of young people has received increasing attention in both research and the wider public discourse. There has been a marked rise in mental health conditions in young people, and the burden of care is increasingly transferred onto schools and teachers.
Thomas Godfrey‐Faussett, Naomi French, Abbie Simpkin, Julian Turner, Tracey Riseborough, Natalie Coles, Ian Thompson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Depression, Anxiety and Criminal Behaviour Between Ages 32 and 48: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis From the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Depression, anxiety and criminal behaviour are often correlated, but the direction and nature of these associations remain contested. Aims To investigate the temporal relationships between depression and/or anxiety and criminal behaviour at age 32 and depression and/or anxiety and criminal behaviour at age 48.
Kim Reising, Maria M. Ttofi
wiley   +1 more source

Internalized Weight Bias and Disordered Eating: The Mediating Role of Body Image Avoidance and Drive for Thinness

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 ...
Rachel D. Marshall, Janet D. Latner, Akihiko Masuda   +2 more
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Exploring Outpatient Psychotherapists' Knowledge, Confidence, and Training on Eating Disorders and Muscle Dysmorphia Among Boys and Men

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to assess outpatient psychotherapists' knowledge, confidence, training experiences, training needs, and practice experiences in treating boys and men with eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia. Methods Participants were 259 licensed outpatient psychotherapists in Canada or the United States who completed an online ...
Kyle T. Ganson, Douglas W. Bunnell, Jason M. Lavender, Timothy Piatkowski, Jason M. Nagata   +4 more
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Eating Disorders in Boys and Men: A Gender‐Critical Narrative Review on Recognition, Stigma, and Treatment

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this narrative review, I highlight diversity‐related developments in eating disorder (ED) research, situate my own program of work on adult men within the broader literature on boys and men, and focus on risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment in boys and men.
Georgios Paslakis
wiley   +1 more source

Testing the validity of the Norwegian translation of the modified weight bias internalization scale

Journal of Eating Disorders
Background Individuals with higher weight (overweight or obesity) may experience social stigma due to their weight. Weight stigma can be internalized with adverse health effects.
Tiffany Lussier, Jon Harald Quindao Tangen, Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes, Håvard R. Karlsen, Kjersti Hognes Berg, Charlotte Fiskum   +5 more
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How and why weight stigma drives the obesity ‘epidemic’ and harms health

BMC Medicine, 2018
Background In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is a correspondingly pervasive and strong culture of weight stigma.
A. Janet Tomiyama, Deborah Carr, Ellen M. Granberg, Brenda Major, Eric Robinson, Angelina R. Sutin, Alexandra Brewis   +6 more
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