A robust literature has documented the negative health effects of being the target of weight
bias. Weight bias internalization (WBI) occurs when individuals apply negative weight …

Evidence of weight stigma and its harmful consequences have led to increased attention to
the words that are used to talk about obesity and body weight, including calls for efforts to …

Self-perception of body size seems to be not always in line with clinical definitions of normal
weight, overweight and obesity according to Word Health Organization classification. The …

Discourse about health that focuses predominantly on body weight is referred to as the
weight-centered health paradigm (WCHP). In recent years, there has been a significant …

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

The obesity crisis is one of the largest public health challenges of the 21st century.
Population‐level adiposity has increased dramatically in recent times, and people not …

Background Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease that presents with itching, red, scaling
plaques; its worsening has been associated with obesity, drinking, smoking, lack of sleep …

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 …

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-based oppression, including negative attitudes about body weight, and harassment,
stigma, and discrimination based on body weight, is a widespread phenomenon that leads …