Weight stigma among sexual minority adults: Findings from a matched sample of adults engaged in weight management

RM Puhl, MS Himmelstein, RL Pearl, AC Wojtanowski… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
weight stigma among SM adults and links between weight stigma and weight-related health…
Using data from a recent study of US adults enrolled in WW (formerly Weight Watchers; New …

Confronting and coping with weight stigma: an investigation of overweight and obese adults

RM Puhl, KD Brownell - Obesity, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Sample I was comprised of 2449 adult women, and Sample II was a matched sample of
adult men … Both samples completed an online battery of self-report questionnaires measuring …

Weight stigma and health behaviors: evidence from the Eating in America Study

KM Lee, JM Hunger, AJ Tomiyama - International Journal of Obesity, 2021 - nature.com
… As noted, a key strength of this study is the assessment of several health behaviors within
a large, national census-matched sample. Previous studies that have examined …

The impact of weight labels on body image, internalized weight stigma, affect, perceived health, and intended weight loss behaviors in normal-weight and overweight …

JH Essayli, JM Murakami, RE Wilson… - American Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
… Compared to obese participants who accurately reported their weight label, weight-matched
adults who did not consider themselves obese reported significantly less binge eating, …

Weight stigma in existing romantic relationships

AD Boyes, JD Latner - Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
… perceived match to their partners' ideals (1 = poor match to … How weight stigma operates in
relationships has received … problems caused by weight stigma and further highlights the need …

Experienced weight stigma, internalized weight bias, and maladaptive eating patterns among heterosexual and sexual minority individuals

AT Shonrock, JC Miller, R Byrd, KE Sall… - Eating and Weight …, 2022 - Springer
… Generally, women are more likely to report experiencing weight stigma and are more
vulnerable to the negative effects of weight stigma compared to men [10,11,12,13,14]. Women are …

Internalized weight stigma moderates eating behavior outcomes in women with high BMI participating in a healthy living program

JL Mensinger, RM Calogero, TL Tylka - Appetite, 2016 - Elsevier
weight individuals. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of internalized weight
stigma … benefits of a weight-neutral program to a conventional weight-management program for …

An exploratory examination of internalized weight stigma in a sample living with food insecurity

CB Becker, K Middlemas, F Gomez, LS Kilpela - Body Image, 2021 - Elsevier
weight, is pervasive throughout Western Society (Pearl & Puhl, 2018; Puhl & Heuer, 2010).
Weight bias frequently gives rise to weight stigma, … those living in higher weight bodies (Puhl, …

The phenomenology of weight stigma in everyday life

LR Vartanian, RT Pinkus, JM Smyth - Journal of Contextual Behavioral …, 2014 - Elsevier
… study of their experiences with weight stigma. Over a two-… weight stigma in which they
reported on the contextual factors related to the stigma episode, including the source of the stigma

Sexual Minority Women Report Higher Weight Stigma Levels Than Heterosexual Women in the National Weight Control Registry

E Panza, KL Olson, K Sall, A Norris… - Annals of Behavioral …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
weight stigma experiences and internalization in sexual minority women from the National
Weight … This yielded a matched sample of 64 sexual minority women and 64 heterosexual …