Background Weight stigma impairs health. Few studies have disentangled the associations
of experienced versus internalized stigma with weight-related outcomes. Purpose To …

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

Objective While evidence regarding associations between weight stigma and
biopsychosocial outcomes is accumulating, outcomes are considered in isolation. Thus, little …

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

Objective: This study examined experiences of weight stigmatization, sources of stigma,
coping strategies, psychological functioning, and eating behaviors in a sample of 2671 …

Weight stigma is pervasive and is associated with psychosocial distress. Little research has
examined the association between weight stigma and weight loss treatment outcomes. The …

IN BRIEF This study quantitatively measures diabetes stigma and its associated
psychosocial impact in a large population of US patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes using …

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 …

A comprehensive understanding of the social and psychological impact of diabetes mellitus
is important for informing policy and practice. One potentially significant, yet under …

Objective Weight‐based stigmatization is associated with negative psychological and
behavioral consequences, but individuals respond to stigma in different ways. The present …