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 …

Globally, breast cancer is both the most commonly occurring cancer and the commonest
cause of cancer death among women. Available data suggest that incidence and mortality in …

Importance The clinical evidence base demonstrating bariatric surgery's health benefits is
much larger than it was when the National Institutes of Health last held a consensus panel in …

Physical inactivity constitutes the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. Health care
providers (HCPs) should play a key role in counseling and appropriately referring their …

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 …

Objective Weight bias has strong associations with psychopathology in overweight and
obese individuals. However, self‐evaluative processes, as conceptualized in the process …

PUHL ET AL. exacerbates the harmful effects of waist-to-hip ratio on glycemic control
(indexed by A1C)(24). Finally, recent longitudinal evidence has documented more direct …

Background In order to manage the increasing worldwide problem of obesity, medical
students will need to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to assess and counsel …

Importance Although bariatric surgery is the most cost-effective treatment for severe obesity,
less than 1% of severely obese patients undergo it. Reasons for this low use are unclear …

OBJECTIVES: Little research has been performed to examine patient perceptions of weight-
related language, especially related to childhood obesity. In this study we assessed parental …