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The aim of the study was to examine perceived stress as a mediator of the association between weight‐related discrimination and physical and psychological well‐being among persons with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Data were obtained from 5104 persons with self‐reported T2D participating in the All of Us research programme in the United States. The Everyday Discrimination Scale, Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and PROMIS Global Health Scale were used to measure weight‐related discrimination, perceived stress and health outcomes (physical and psychological), respectively. Mediation effects of PSS were tested by bootstrapping with 5000 random samples.

Participants were, on average, 63.62 (SD 11.38) years old. Majority of them were female (55.53%), non‐Hispanic White (72.61%), married or living with a partner (56.92%), had a household income of <$35,000 (31.99 …