The question of whether obesity should be regarded as a disease remains controversial.
One source of controversy can be addressed by distinguishing between two ways in which …

Background Weight stigma is a phenomenon associated with adverse behavioural and
psychological consequences. Although experts suggest that its increase during the COVID …

Postfeminism and Body Image is a groundbreaking work that provides a poststructuralist
and psychosocial analysis of key issues at the intersections of body image, psychology and …

The concern globally over the “obesity epidemic” has become one of the most widely
discussed social problems over the last twenty or so years. There is an intense focus from …

CMAJ| SEPTEMBER 7, 2021| VOLUME 193| ISSUE 35 E1399 structural racism in health
care experienced by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities in …

Metabolic disease is epidemiologically linked to severe complications upon influenza virus
infection, thus vaccination is a priority in this high-risk population. Yet, vaccine responses …

Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the relationship between
weight stigma experiences and disordered eating behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic …

Mass communications frame fatness and COVID-19 as a dual threat. This discourse furthers
well-established tendencies to degrade bodies labelled overweight or obese, positioning …

Theoretically informed and empirically grounded, Rethinking Obesity invites readers to
reconsider the medical and public health framing of population weight (gain) as a massive …

Background and objective Because they deviate from societal expectations regarding
thinness, women with high body weight or large body size frequently experience social …