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 …

People with obesity commonly face a pervasive, resilient form of social stigma. They are
often subject to discrimination in the workplace as well as in educational and healthcare …

Background Weight stigma is common for people with obesity and harmful to health. Links
between obesity and complications from COVID− 19 have been identified, but it is unknown …

Background Weight stigma is pervasive across the US and is associated with poor health
outcomes including all-cause mortality. One potential reason that weight stigma may be …

Background A central strategy to tackle the health risks of obesity is regular physical activity
(PA), exercising and participating in sports. However, people with obesity regularly …

Weight bias internalization (WBI) is an understudied form of internalized stigma, particularly
among treatment-seeking adults with overweight/obesity. The current study surveyed 13,996 …

Objective Weight stigma is associated with impaired health, attributed in part to reductions in
health‐promoting behaviors. This review analyzed evidence of the association between …

Objectives: Our objective in this study was to establish the relationships among active and
inactive physical activity, HRQoL, and weight stigma in children. Additionally, we …

Participation in physical activity and sport is on the decline and there is a poor
understanding of the psychosocial factors that contribute to people's reluctance to …

This article argues that public health campaigns have an ethical obligation to combat fat
stigma, not mobilize it in the “war on obesity.” Fat stigma is conceptualized, and a review is …