Background The prevalence of eating disorders has been assumed to be low in the Arab
world, due to the alleged absence of the thin ideal. However, the Arab world is undergoing …

Weight stigma is persistent across contexts and is associated with disordered eating
cognitions and behaviors. This systematic review aimed to examine the existing literature …

Weight-based oppression, including negative attitudes about body weight, and harassment,
stigma, and discrimination based on body weight, is a widespread phenomenon that leads …

Across the globe, disordered eating disorders alarmingly have increased by over 30% in the
general public, as characterised by a wide range of eating, shape and weight concerns …

Objective People with eating disorders (EDs) tend to engage in behaviours that are
ordinarily perceived as normal in society, such as restrictive dieting. However, when people …

Internalized weight stigma (IWS) has been linked with disordered eating behavior, both
directly, and as a mediator of the relationship between experienced weight stigma and …

Background There is a lack of psychometrically sound measures to assess internalized
weight and muscularity biases among Arabic-speaking people. To fill this gap, we sought to …

Background The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) is a self-assessment scale used
widely in the studies of eating behavior, but its short form TFEQ-R21 has not been validated …

In response to the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, public health efforts to
curb these conditions have been delivered in abundance. There is concern however that the …

Background There are limiting studies evaluating the weight self-stigma and its association
with eating disorders and health concerns. However, no study is available evaluating weight …