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Weight bias in mental health settings: a scoping review [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry
IntroductionWeight bias is a pervasive form of prejudice, most deeply and directly harming individuals in larger bodies. Although the mental health field strives to promote the delivery of equitable, culturally sensitive care, the prevalence and nature ...
Samantha R. Philip, Erin C. Standen, Jordan Schueler, Sherecce A. Fields, Sean M. Phelan, Sean M. Phelan   +5 more
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An Assessment of the Long‐Term Efficacy of an Undergraduate Curriculum‐Embedded Weight Bias Intervention in Practicing Registered Nurses [PDF]

Obesity Science & Practice
Background Individuals with obesity often experience weight bias in healthcare, which may negatively impact health outcomes. Weight bias (WB) can be reduced by provider participation in weight bias interventions. This mixed‐methods study investigated the
Caroline Hallen Moore, Tracy L. Oliver, Elizabeth B. Dowdell, Justus Randolph, Amanda Davis   +4 more
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Weight bias, stigma and discrimination: a call for greater conceptual clarity [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
Marilou Côté, Marilou Côté, Vida Forouhar, Sabrina Sacco, Sabrina Sacco, Aurélie Baillot, Mary Himmelstein, Brad Hussey, Brad Hussey, Angela C. Incollingo Rodriguez, Taniya S. Nagpal, Sarah Nutter, Ian Patton, Rebecca L. Pearl, Rebecca M. Puhl, Ximena Ramos Salas, Ximena Ramos Salas, Shelly Russell-Mayhew, Angela S. Alberga   +18 more
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Improving Weight Bias Awareness Among Providers in the Sexual and Reproductive Health care Setting [PDF]

Health Equity
Introduction: Provider bias against patients of higher weights can contribute to poor health outcomes and decreased quality of care and patient experience.
Monica Skoko Rodriguez, Julie A. Thompson, Brigit Carter, Robin Wallace, Katie Riley, Ragen Chastain, Rachel Fox, Monica Kriete, Marquisele Mercedes, Ragan Johnson   +9 more
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Examining weight stigmatization toward obese individuals among nutrition and dietetic students using the attribution theory

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2023
Background: Despite the increasing prevalence of obesity in the United States, negative attitudes toward obese individuals are widespread. Health-care providers, including dietetics and nutritionists, are not exempt from showing bias toward obese ...
Mutiara Tirta Prabandari Lintang Kusuma, Zaher Al-bashabsheh, Nibal T Albashabsheh, Michael Parker, Nancy Muturi   +4 more
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What are weight bias measures measuring? An evaluation of core measures of weight bias and weight bias internalisation

Health Psychology Open, 2021
Research exploring weight bias and weight bias internalisation (WBI) is grounded upon several core measures. This study aimed to evaluate whether operationalisations of these measures matched their conceptualisations in the literature.
Sarah-Jane F Stewart, Jane Ogden
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Weight Stigma and Disease and Disability Concepts of Obesity: A Survey of the German Population

Obesity Facts, 2021
Introduction: Recent years have witnessed a medicalization of obesity, promoting a classification as a disease or disability in order to reduce or protect against weight stigma and discrimination. This study sought to investigate the public understanding
Anja Hilbert, Markus Zenger, Claudia Luck-Sikorski, Elmar Brähler   +3 more
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Determination of distress, emotional eating and internalized weight bias levels of Turkish pregnant women

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2023
This study was conducted to determine the stress, emotional eating and weight bias levels of Turkish pregnant women. The study sample was composed of 210 pregnant women, who met the research inclusion criteria and admitted to the obstetrics and ...
Gülay Çelik, Emine Yılmaz, Feyza Nazik, Hacer Unver   +3 more
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Ready to treat patients with obesity? Evaluation of undergraduate students’ body image, disordered eating attitudes & behaviors, and anti-fat attitudes

Cogent Psychology, 2022
Weight bias exerts an adverse impact on the overall health and well-being. This study examined dieting behaviors, the effect of the BMI chart in one’s body perceptions by using the photographic figure rating scale, and explicit weight bias among ...
T. Rees Checketts, Maya Miyairi
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Assessment of obesity stigma and discrimination among Spanish subjects with a wide weight range: the OBESTIGMA study

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionThis study aims to assess the extent of rejection and instances of stigmatization linked to obesity within the Spanish population, encompassing a diverse spectrum of weights ranging from normal weight to morbid obesity.
Enric Sánchez, Andreea Ciudin, Andreea Ciudin, Ana Sánchez, Sonsoles Gutiérrez-Medina, Nuria Valdés, Lilliam Flores, Lilliam Flores, Amelia Marí-Sanchis, Fernando Goñi, Marta Sánchez, Joana Nicolau, Concepción Muñoz, Olaia Díaz-Trastoy, Guillem Cuatrecasas, Silvia Cañizares, Silvia Cañizares, Marta Comas, Carolina López-Cano, Albert Lecube, Albert Lecube   +20 more
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