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Words matter: a qualitative investigation of which weight status terms are acceptable and motivate weight loss when used by health professionals [PDF]

, 2011
<p><b>Background:</b> Obesity prevalence is increasing, which is a major public health concern due to increased risks of associated morbidity.
Benzeval, Michaela, Michaela Benzeval, Gray, Cindy M., Lorimer Karen, Karen Lorimer, Anderson Annie S, Hunt, K., Sally Wyke, Annie S Anderson, Gray Cindy M, Wyke, S., Hunt Kate, Anderson, Annie S, Wyke Sally, Anderson, A.S., Lorimer, Karen, Cindy M Gray, Gray, C.M., Hunt, Kate, Anderson, Annie S., Benzeval, M., Gray, Cindy M, Wyke, Sally, Benzeval Michaela, Lorimer, K., Anderson, Annie S.; id_orcid, Kate Hunt   +26 more
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“It is not the diet; it is the mental part we need help with.” A multilevel analysis of psychological, emotional, and social well-being in obesity

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2017
In this research, we explored the psychological, emotional, and social experiences of individuals living with obesity, and perceptions of health care providers.
Kathryn Rand, Michael Vallis, Megan Aston, Sheri Price, Helena Piccinini-Vallis, Laurene Rehman, Sara F.L. Kirk   +6 more
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Psychometric testing on two weight stigma instruments in Iran : Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire and Weight Bias Internalized Scale

, 2020
PURPOSE: This study aimed to comprehensively and thoroughly examine the psychometric properties of two commonly used weight-related self-stigma instruments on Iranian adolescents with overweight or obesity: Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire [WSSQ] and ...
Lin, Chung-Ying,, Pakpour, Amir H.,, Imani, Vida,, Cheung, Pauline,   +3 more
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Nurses' and Nursing Students' Perceptions Toward People Living with Obesity: A Scoping Review Protocol

Science of Nursing and Health Practices, 2023
Introduction: There is significant and pervasive weight bias, weight stigma, and weight-based discrimination everywhere today, even in healthcare settings.
Karyne Duval, Élise Couturier, Marie-Claude Laferrière, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Maria Cecilia Gallani   +4 more
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Weight bias against women in a university acceptance scenario

, 2013
This study examined weight bias against women in a hypothetical university acceptance scenario. One-hundred-and-ninety-eight volunteers from the community in Britain completed a weight bias measure in which they were asked to select the woman they were ...
Swami, V., Monk, R.
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Exploring weight bias and negative self-evaluation in patients with mood disorders: insights from the BodyTalk Project

Frontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundNegative body image and adverse body self-evaluation represent key psychological constructs within the realm of weight bias (WB), potentially intertwined with the negative self-evaluation characteristic of depressive symptomatology. Although WB
Paolo Meneguzzo, Paolo Meneguzzo, Simone C. Behrens, Simone C. Behrens, Chiara Pavan, Tommaso Toffanin, Tommaso Toffanin, M. Alejandra Quiros-Ramirez, M. Alejandra Quiros-Ramirez, Michael J. Black, Katrin E. Giel, Elena Tenconi, Elena Tenconi, Angela Favaro, Angela Favaro   +14 more
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An investigation of weight bias against women and its associations with individual difference factors

, 2010
This study explored weight bias against women from different weight categories in relation to occupational decisions, child adoption, and helping behaviour, as well as individual difference correlates of weight bias.
Swami, V., Tovee, M.J., Jakob Pietschnig, Voracek, M., Viren Swami, Martin Voracek, Pietschnig, J., Stefan Stieger, Stieger, S., Martin J. Tovée   +9 more
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Bias-variance tradeoff for other tissues.

, 2022
The principal behind SWAM is it considers the bias-variance tradeoff for each tissue, and assigns higher weights to tissues that reduce MSE. In this example, tissues such as Skeletal Muscle have a high sample size (and therefore lower variance) but may ...
Hyun Min Kang (9690325), Andrew E. Liu (12024808)   +1 more
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Does terminology matter when measuring stigmatizing attitudes about weight? Validation of a brief, modified attitudes toward obese persons scale

Obesity Science & Practice
Objective Commonly used terms like “obese person” have been identified as stigmatizing by those with lived experience. Thus, this study sought to revise a commonly used measure of weight stigmatizing attitudes, the Attitudes Toward Obese Persons (ATOP ...
Caitlin A. Martin‐Wagar, Katelyn A. Melcher, Sarah E. Attaway, Brooke L. Bennett, Connor J. Thompson, Oscar Kronenberger, Taylor E. Penwell   +6 more
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Weight Bias 2.0: The Effect of Perceived Weight Change on Performance Evaluation and the Moderating Role of Anti-fat Bias

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Overweight employees are viewed as lazy, slow, inactive, and even incapable. Even if such attributes are false, this perspective can seriously undermine others' evaluation of their work performance.
Yueting Ji, Qianyao Huang, Haiyang Liu, Caleb Phillips   +3 more
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