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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 +4 more
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The weight-inclusive vs. weight-normative approach to health: Evaluating the evidence for prioritizing well-being over weight [PDF]
, 2014 Using an ethical lens, this review evaluates two methods of working within patient care and public health: the weight-normative approach (emphasis on weight and weight loss when defining health and well-being) and the weight-inclusive approach (emphasis ...
Shuman, E. +13 more
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Efficacy of interventions aimed at reducing explicit and implicit weight bias in healthcare students: A systematic review and meta‐analysis [PDF]
Obesity ReviewsErik Hemmingsson +2 more
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Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundNegative 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 +14 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo +9 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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Bias Correction in Logarithmic Regression and Comparison with Weighted Regression for Nonlinear Models [PDF]
, 2011 Non-linear models with heteroscedasticity are commonly used in ecological and forestry modeling, and logarithmic regression and weighted regression are usually employed to estimate the parameters. Using the single-tree biomass data of three large samples,
Wei Sheng Zeng, Shou Zheng Tang
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Obesity Science & PracticeObjective 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 +6 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben +4 more
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Nurses’ and Nursing Students’ Perceptions Toward People Living in Larger Bodies: A Scoping Review
Science of Nursing and Health PracticesIntroduction: Weight bias among healthcare professionals contributes to inequitable care for people living in larger bodies (PLLB). Nurses play a crucial role in perpetuating or challenging this stigma.
Karyne Duval +4 more
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