Interventions for reducing weight bias in healthcare providers: an interprofessional systematic review and meta‐analysis

CH Moore, TL Oliver, J Randolph… - Clinical obesity, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Weight bias reduction in health professionals: a systematic review

AS Alberga, BJ Pickering, K Alix Hayden… - Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
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 among health care professionals: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

BJ Lawrence, D Kerr, CM Pollard, M Theophilus… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Weight bias and stigma in healthcare professionals: a narrative review with a Singapore lens

AJ Goff, Y Lee, KW Tham - Singapore medical journal, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Addressing weight stigma is essential to obesity management as it causes inequalities in
healthcare and impacts the outcomes of health. This narrative review summarises …

Weight bias among exercise and nutrition professionals: a systematic review

GA Panza, LE Armstrong, BA Taylor, RM Puhl… - Obesity …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Weight Bias: A Narrative Review of the Evidence, Assumptions, Assessment, and Recommendations for Weight Bias in Health Care

K Peterson, M Savoie Roskos - Health Education & Behavior, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Weight bias is common in health care and needs to be addressed to provide
equal and equitable care for people of all body sizes. Aims This review aims to (a) describe …

Healthcare professional bias against the obese: how do we know if we have a problem?

TM Vallis, B Currie, D Lawlor, T Ransom - Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 2007 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES Obesity management will be critical for reducing both the
incidence and consequences of diabetes in Canada. However, bias against the obese on …

Weight bias and the training of health professionals to better manage obesity: what do we know and what should we do?

I Brown, SW Flint - Current obesity reports, 2013 - Springer
Health professionals have a role in supporting patients with weight management. Good
training is available but has yet to be widely implemented. The required content of training is …

Weight bias in 2001 versus 2013: contradictory attitudes among obesity researchers and health professionals

AJ Tomiyama, LE Finch, ACI Belsky, J Buss, C Finley… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Examining weight bias among practicing Canadian family physicians

AS Alberga, S Nutter, C MacInnis, JH Ellard… - Obesity Facts, 2019 - karger.com
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 …