Objective Weight‐biased attitudes and views held by health care professionals can have a
negative impact on the patient‐provider relationship and the provision of care, but studies …

Innovative and coordinated strategies to address weight bias among health professionals
are urgently needed. We conducted a systematic literature review of empirical peer …

Weight bias is prevalent in many healthcare disciplines and negatively impacts the quality of
care for patients with obesity. This warrants interventions to reduce weight bias shown by …

Obesity affects approximately one‐third of American adults. Recent evidence suggests that
weight bias may be pervasive among both exercise and nutrition professionals working with …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of practicing Canadian family
physicians about individuals with obesity, their healthcare treatment, and perceptions of …

Background: Research has documented negative stigma by health providers toward
overweight and obese patients, but it is unknown whether physicians themselves are …

Aim: The purpose of this scoping review was to explore the evidence on how perceptions
and/or experiences of weight bias in primary health care influence engagement with and …

Overweight patients report weight discrimination in health care settings and subsequent
avoidance of routine preventive health care. The purpose of this study was to examine …

Background: People living with overweight and obesity often experience weight-based
stigmatization. Investigations of the prevalence and correlates of weight bias and evaluation …

Objectives To assess levels of two types of anti‐fat bias in obesity specialists, explicit bias, or
consciously accessible anti‐fat attitudes, and implicit bias, or attitudes that are activated …