Dietary intake during adolescence sets the foundation for a healthy life, but adolescents are
diverse in their dietary patterns and in factors that influence food choice. More evidence to …

Childhood and adolescent obesity have reached epidemic levels in the United States.
Currently, about 17% of US children are presenting with obesity. Obesity can affect all …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review summarizes recent evidence on weight stigma
experienced by youth with overweight or obesity. We examine the prevalence and sources …

The stigmatization of people with obesity is widespread and causes harm. Weight stigma is
often propagated and tolerated in society because of beliefs that stigma and shame will …

Weight bias is a widespread form of prejudice that leads to the stigmatization of individuals
who are perceived to have excess weight. Several psychological theories have been used …

Weight-based teasing is common among youth, but little is known about its long-term impact
on health outcomes. We aimed to 1) identify whether weight-based teasing in adolescence …

Health policies routinely emphasize weight loss as a target for health promotion. These
policies rest upon the assumptions:(1) that higher body weight equals poorer health,(2) that …

The new 2022 edition of the most widely taught deviance text brings us into a changing
political era. A new chapter on political deviance includes a section that defines political …

Weight stigma is an important issue colliding with obesity‐related policies; both have
population health and social impacts. Our aim was to conduct a systematic review of the …

Purpose To conduct a systematic literature review of empirical peer-reviewed published
studies on the prevalence of weight bias among students, pre-service, and in-service …