International comparisons of weight stigma: addressing a void in the field

RM Puhl, LM Lessard, RL Pearl… - International Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
… -biased attitudes rather than people’s experiences of weight stigma. The present study …
weight stigma in six countries to assess experiences and interpersonal sources of weight stigma. …

Weight stigma and barriers to effective obesity care

RM Puhl - Gastroenterology Clinics, 2023 - gastro.theclinics.com
Weight stigma refers to societal devaluation of people because of their body weight or
body size. In North America and many Western societies, individuals with higher weight (eg, …

[HTML][HTML] “I am very critical of my body, but I am not a worthless person”: A qualitative investigation of internalized weight stigma in Denmark

E Davidsen, ML Pico, P Sandøe, TB Lund - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
weight stigma (IWS), namely weight-related self-devaluation and distress, play out in the lives
of people with excess weight (EW… and more research within this field, both qualitatively and …

Scientific weightism: A view of mainstream weight stigma research through a feminist lens

RM Calogero, TL Tylka, JL Mensinger - Feminist perspectives on building …, 2016 - Springer
… We are accountable for the research that we produce and publish on a number of fronts: to
our participants, to our subject matter (in this case—the experience of fat people!), to our field, …

[HTML][HTML] The roles of experienced and internalized weight stigma in healthcare experiences: Perspectives of adults engaged in weight management across six …

RM Puhl, LM Lessard, MS Himmelstein, GD Foster - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
weight stigma in the medical community, cross-country research is lacking in this field. This
study provides the first multinational investigation of associations between weight stigma and …

[HTML][HTML] Weight stigma in the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

PFC de Macêdo, CMM Nepomuceno… - Journal of Eating …, 2022 - Springer
… does weight stigma manifest in the COVID-19 pandemic? (2) How can weight stigma affect
… Therefore, more research is required in this field while the pandemic lasts, especially with …

Changing the global obesity narrative to recognize and reduce weight stigma: a position statement from the World Obesity Federation

S Nutter, LA Eggerichs, TS Nagpal… - Obesity …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… language may contribute to weight stigma. The impact of weight stigma across the lifespan …
International comparisons of weight stigma: addressing a void in the field. Int J Obes (Lond). …

[HTML][HTML] Experienced and internalized weight stigma among Spanish adolescents

D Anastasiadou, S Tárrega, A Fornieles-Deu… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
… Mediterranean area in general, research in this field is notably limited. Furthermore, the few
prevalence studies in this field have been conducted with convenience community samples, …

[HTML][HTML] “The most hurtful thing I've ever experienced”: a qualitative examination of the nature of experiences of weight stigma by family members

SE Lawrence, RM Puhl, MB Schwartz… - … -Qualitative Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
… described an experience of weight stigma by a family member in … weight stigma experienced
across 15 family sources. For childhood experiences of stigma from family members, weight

Weight stigma, policy initiatives, and harnessing social media to elevate activism

RM Puhl - Body Image, 2022 - Elsevier
stigma against people who have a high body weight or large body size. Despite decades of
evidence documenting the prevalence and harmful consequences of weight stigmaweight-…