Innovative and coordinated strategies to address weight bias among health professionals
are urgently needed. We conducted a systematic literature review of empirical peer …

Objective Weight‐biased attitudes and views held by health care professionals can have a
negative impact on the patient‐provider relationship and the provision of care, but studies …

Weight bias is prevalent in many healthcare disciplines and negatively impacts the quality of
care for patients with obesity. This warrants interventions to reduce weight bias shown by …

Obesity affects approximately one‐third of American adults. Recent evidence suggests that
weight bias may be pervasive among both exercise and nutrition professionals working with …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of practicing Canadian family
physicians about individuals with obesity, their healthcare treatment, and perceptions of …

Objective This study examined weight bias among students training in health disciplines and
its associations with their perceptions about treating patients with obesity, causes of obesity …

Background Medical students are exposed to a growing number of obese patients in clinical
encounters. Many medical students harbor negative attitudes and stereotypes regarding …

Objectives. Although experiencing weight bias is associated with poor physical and
psychological health, health professionals often stigmatize overweight and obese clients …

Objectives To assess levels of two types of anti‐fat bias in obesity specialists, explicit bias, or
consciously accessible anti‐fat attitudes, and implicit bias, or attitudes that are activated …

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 …