Weight stigma impacts negatively healthcare quality and hinders public health goals. The
aim of this review was to identify strategies for minimizing weight bias among healthcare …

The stigmatization of people with obesity is widespread and causes harm. Weight stigma is
often propagated and tolerated in society because of beliefs that stigma and shame will …

Background & aims Individuals who are overweight or who have obesity are likely to
perceive or experience unfriendly treatment (ie, weight-related perceived stigma) from …

Weight bias is a widespread form of prejudice that leads to the stigmatization of individuals
who are perceived to have excess weight. Several psychological theories have been used …

EPIDEMIOLOGY and disadvantages in hiring, wages, promotions, and job termination
because of their weight. Since then, there has been an increase in survey research, large …

Despite impressive gains in the spread of quasi-democratic social practices and respect for
human rights witnessed in the past hundred years (eg, Pinker, 2011), intergroup …

Objectives While health-related stigma has been the subject of considerable research in
other conditions (obesity and HIV/AIDS), it has not received substantial attention in diabetes …

It has been said that obese persons are the last acceptable targets of discrimination. 1–4
Anecdotes abound about overweight individuals being ridiculed by teachers, physicians …

Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination provides a comprehensive and compelling
overview of what psychological theory and research have to say about the nature, causes …

Preventing childhood obesity has become a top priority in efforts to improve our nation's
public health. Although much research is needed to address this health crisis, it is important …