Weight stigma is a key aspect of the lived experience of individuals with obesity, and
adversely affects health. This article provides an overview of recent evidence examining …

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 …

COI Disclosures: MIC is an employee at WW International, Inc. and has served as a
consultant for Novo Nordisk (but did not accept personal fees for this work), all outside of the …

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 …

Weight stigma is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the origins of obesity, wherein
the interplay of behavioral, environmental, genetic, and metabolic factors is deemphasized …

Background Evidence has not been conclusive on whether adolescent overweight is
associated with mental health, possibly caused by indirect, yet untested associations …

Objective Weight‐based stigmatization is associated with negative psychological and
behavioral consequences, but individuals respond to stigma in different ways. The present …

Objective This study assessed cross‐sectional and longitudinal relationships between
weight teasing and disordered eating in an ethnically/racially and socioeconomically diverse …

Background Pubertal timing has psychological and physical sequelae. While observational
studies have demonstrated an association between age at menarche and adult body mass …

Objectives Children and adolescents with overweight and obesity are vulnerable to weight‐
based victimization. Research on weight‐based victimization and sexual identity have been …