Methods. The Fat Phobia Scale (FPS) and The Attitudes Towards Obese Persons (ATOP)
questionnaire were used to access bias and prejudice attitudes in the sample of …

When talking about oppression, the discussion often centers on groups divided by gender,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, or poverty, but body size is often missing from the conversation …

In response to the burgeoning obesity epidemic, a number of studies over the past decade
have assessed residents' training needs to determine how best to improve the care of …

Background: Obesity is becoming major problems in developed as well as developing
countries. Obesity is the major cause of a large number of debilitating and life-threatening …

An academic institution's cultural climate shapes the educational experience, attitudes, and
behaviors of students, faculty, and staff. We assessed perceptions of institutional cultural …

Two-thirds of the adult population of the United States are considered overweight (Ogden,
Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2013) and are susceptible to weight-based discrimination in the …

Weight Bias in Health Education; Critical Perspectives for Pedagogy and Practice Page 1 Page
2 Weight stigma is so pervasive in our culture that it is often unnoticed, along with the harm that …

A recent study assessed the effect of obesity on clinicians' approach to patients with
abdominal pain1. Investigators were concerned that stereotypic beliefs about obese people …

Despite the prevailing anxiety nationally, and internationally, over levels of obesity, it is clear
that there is so far no effective treatment, unless we count the very drastic solution of bariatric …