Background Weight stigma is pervasive across the US and is associated with poor health
outcomes including all-cause mortality. One potential reason that weight stigma may be …

Objective A substantial amount of literature has suggested that weight stigma impairs health.
Evidence on gender differences in weight stigma has been mixed, but studies of weight …

Despite decades of research documenting consistent stigma and discrimination against
individuals with obesity, weight stigma is rarely considered in obesity prevention and …

Background Weight stigma is associated with several negative health issues such as
anxiety, depression, maladaptive eating, and metabolic and cardiovascular disease …

Background This study examined the relationship among enacted weight stigma, weight self-
stigma, and multiple health outcomes. Weight stigma, a stressor experienced across all body …

Weight stigma is persistent across contexts and is associated with disordered eating
cognitions and behaviors. This systematic review aimed to examine the existing literature …

Public health campaigns that explicitly or implicitly stigmatize higher-weight individuals are
proliferating. Underlying this trend is an assumption that weight stigma can promote …

Weight stigma is a pervasive social problem, and this paper reviews the evidence linking
weight stigma to eating behavior. Correlational studies consistently find that experiences …

The present study aimed to expand weight stigma theoretical models by accounting for
central tenets of prominent eating disorder (ED) theories and increasing the generalizability …

Stigma and discrimination toward obese persons are pervasive and pose numerous
consequences for their psychological and physical health. Despite decades of science …