The perceptions of healthcare practitioners on obesity management in Peninsular Malaysia: a cross-sectional survey by Nor Akma Yunus, Grant Russell, Rosediani Muhamad, Sze-Ee Soh, Elizabeth Sturgiss

“…This study aims to describe practitioners’ perceptions, experiences and needs in managing patients with obesity, determine the extent of weight stigma among health practitioners, and identify the factors associated with negative judgment towards patients with obesity. …”
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Using Social Media to Understand Web-Based Social Factors Concerning Obesity: Systematic Review by Chuqin Li, Adesoji Ademiluyi, Yaorong Ge, Albert Park

“… BackgroundEvidence in the literature surrounding obesity suggests that social factors play a substantial role in the spread of obesity. …”
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Cancer prevention in females with and without obesity: Does perceived and internalised weight bias determine cancer prevention behaviour? by Marie Bernard, Magrit Löbner, Florian Lordick, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Claudia Luck-Sikorski

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Weight-Normative versus Weight-Inclusive Narratives in Weight-Related Public Health Campaigns: Effects on Anti-Fat Attitudes, Stigma, Motivation, and Self-Efficacy by Suzy McGregor, Stephanie Roberts, Sharon L. Grant, Elyse O’Loghlen

“…In study 2, participants (<i>n</i> = 175) in overweight or obese BMI categories viewed one of four mock campaigns before rating their reactions to the campaign (motivation, stigma, self-efficacy). …”
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Functionality appreciation is inversely associated with positive psychotic symptoms in overweight/obese patients with schizophrenia by Daniella Mahfoud, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Jawad Abou Zeid, Lea Rustom, Charbel Mouez, Georges Haddad, Souheil Hallit

“…Results No significant difference was found between overweight/obese and normal-weight patients for all variables, except for weight stigma; a significantly higher weight stigma score was significantly found in overweight/obese compared to normal-weight patient. …”
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Breaking Academic Silos: Pedagogical Recommendations for Equitable Obesity Prevention Training and Research During an Age of Nutrition Polarization by Salima F. Taylor, MS, Danielle M. Krobath, PhD, Adolfo G. Cuevas, PhD, Erin Hennessy, PhD, Susan B. Roberts, PhD

“…Weight stigma and weight-neutral medicine are popular topics in social media that are often at odds with current medical guidelines on obesity treatment and prevention. …”
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Weight-Biased Language across 30 Years of Australian News Reporting on Obesity: Associations with Public Health Policy by Sharon Grant, Arezou Soltani Panah, Anthony McCosker

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Sindemia de obesidade e COVID-19: uma sobreposição pandémica e o reforço das desigualdades de saúde by Marta Roriz

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‘You Owe It to Yourself, Everyone You Love and to Our Beleaguered NHS to Get Yourself Fit and Well’: Weight Stigma in the British Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Thematic Anal... by Camila Carbone-Moane, Andrew Guise

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‘You are Constantly Trying to Make the Best Out of All Situations’: Adolescents with Overweight and School Health Nurses in Norway on Weight Stigma and Physical Activity by Ingeborg Berg Skogen, Silje Louise Dahl, Kjetil Laurits Høydal

“…The present study examines how adolescents with overweight and school health nurses who monitor and guide these young people perceive weight stigma in physical activity. Methods: We interviewed a community sample of 10 adolescents (13–18 years) with overweight or obesity and six school health nurses about weight stigma in physical activity. …”
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Obesity and Stress: A Contingent Paralysis by Rupal Kumar, Moattar Raza Rizvi, Shubhra Saraswat

“…This article also extracts the contribution of weight stigma and social stress in producing obesity in an obesogenic process. …”
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How do people living with obesity who use obesity services perceive healthcare professionals’ representation of the disease on social media? An interpretative phenomenological anal... by Sean Maher, Michael Crotty, Francis Finucane, Joseph McHugh, Susie Birney, Jean O’Connell, Muirne Spooner

“…Following in-depth semi-structured interviews, analysis was undertaken to identify superordinate themes relating to how HCPs portray living with obesity online.Setting Patient advocacy organisation (The Irish Coalition for People Living with Obesity) and three clinical sites offering obesity treatment in Ireland.Participants 15 adult participants comprising of 12 women and 3 men who use social media and are living with obesity and who use obesity services.Results Three key themes of how people living with obesity who use obesity services perceive HCP’s online representation of the disease. (1) Negative experiences of HCPs—participants describe encountering weight stigma and bias on social media from HCPs that they characterised as simplistic and outdated conceptualisations. …”
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‘A radical operation’ – a thematic analysis of newspaper framing of bariatric surgery in adolescents by Sander Lefere, Kato Verghote, Ruth De Bruyne, Veerle Provoost, Priya P. Satalkar

“…This may increase the stigma surrounding adolescent obesity, and therefore limit the acceptability of specific treatments such as bariatric surgery.…”
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The role of weight stigma in weight regain in bariatric surgery by Mary S. Himmelstein, Kristen A. Knepp, Sean M. Phelan

“…Obesity is highly stigmatized, and individuals who undergo bariatric surgery are subject not only to weight stigma, but also to stigma related to the procedure itself. …”
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Weight stigma in the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review by Patricia Fortes Cavalcanti de Macêdo, Carina Marcia Magalhães Nepomuceno, Nedja Silva dos Santos, Valterlinda Alves de Oliveira Queiroz, Emile Miranda Pereira, Lucineide da Conceição Leal, Lígia Amparo da Silva Santos, Leonardo Fernandes Nascimento, Poliana Cardoso Martins, Mônica Leila Portela de Santana

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Support Needs and Coping Strategies in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): A Multidisciplinary Approach to Potential Unmet Challenges beyond Pharmacological Treatment by Sue Shea, Christos Lionis, Lou Atkinson, Chris Kite, Lukasz Lagojda, Surinderjeet S. Chaggar, Ioannis Kyrou, Harpal S. Randeva

“…Notably, many features associated with NAFLD have been related to these concepts, such as perceived stigma, fatigue, stress, and confusion regarding this diagnosis. …”
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Patient experiences of a 10-weeks weight-neutral treatment program for clinical binge eating disorder in a higher weight population by Kjersti Hognes Berg, Eli Natvik, Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes

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Iranian Obese Women’s Lived Experiences of Social and Linguistic Factors Shaping Emotional Eating Behavior: A Phenomenological Study by Ehteram Ebrahimi, Fatemeh Mohammadi Shirmahaleh, Marjan Mardani Hamooleh, Mojtaba Habibi Asgarabad

“…Social influence further accounted for compensating for the stigma of thinness, relieving the stigma of obesity, group conformity, and following taboos to cope with sexual and emotional desires. …”
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Weight stigma and allostatic load in adults: protocol for a scoping review by Carlos Arturo Cassiani-Miranda, Maritza Díaz Rincón, Leonar Antonio Arroyo-Gamero, Luis Gabriel Giraldo-Barrios, Zenen Carmona-Meza

“…The search strategy will be conducted in three stages, based on the JBI recommendation with the MESH terms “Social Stigma,” “Weight Prejudice,” “Biomarkers,” “Allostasis,” “Adults” and related terms. …”
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Weight stigma in Latin America, Asia, Middle East, and Africa: A scoping review by Laura Ann Eggerichs, Oliver W. A. Wilson, John E. Chaplin, Ximena Ramos Salas

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