ArticleAmerican journal of public health2015
The Health at Every Size paradigm and obesity: missing empirical evidence may help push the reframing obesity debate forward.
Article in American journal of public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
42 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Medical Nutrition Therapy Interventions Provided by Dietitians for Adult Overweight and Obesity Management: An Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence-Based Practice Guideline.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Guideline
- Methods for the economic evaluation of obesity prevention dietary interventions in children: A systematic review and critical appraisal of the evidence.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Examining the impact of identity-safety cues on inclusion for adults with higher body weights in healthcare settings.Patient education and counseling · 2025Trial
- 'Mindful eating' for reducing emotional eating in patients with overweight or obesity in primary care settings: A randomized controlled trial.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2023Trial
- Men's reactions to receiving objective feedback on their weight, BMI and other health risk indicators.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Addressing Weight Stigma in WIC: A Qualitative Study Exploring Advice and Training Needs of Minnesota WIC Staff.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2026Article
- Experiencing obesity: trajectory and fruitless sacrifices to lose weight prior to bariatric surgery.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a Non-Weight-Centric Approach to Obesity Prevention in Rural and Urban Female Adolescents: Quasi-Experimental Study.Interactive journal of medical research · 2025Article
- A pilot sequential multiple assignment randomized trial for developing a biobehavioral adaptive intervention to improve insulin sensitivity in patients with stage 1 obesity.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Exploring dietitians' experiences caring for patients living with obesity in acute care: a qualitative study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Early life factors that affect obesity and the need for complex solutions.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2025Review
- Reconsidering the Role of Weight Loss in Treatment for Chronic Pain: Knee Osteoarthritis as an Exemplar.The journal of pain · 2024Review
- An exploratory examination of medical and nursing students' intentions to discuss body image, weight, and eating disorders with their patients.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Body Size Measurements Grouped Independently of Common Clinical Measures of Metabolic Health: An Exploratory Factor Analysis.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The Patient's Journey in Obesity within the United States: An Exercise of Resilience against Disease.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Breaking Academic Silos: Pedagogical Recommendations for Equitable Obesity Prevention Training and Research During an Age of Nutrition Polarization.AJPM focus · 2024Article
- Successes and Challenges From a Motivational Interviewing-Informed Diabetes Prevention Program Situated in the Community.Health promotion practice · 2024Article
- Patients' experience of accessing healthcare for obesity in Peninsular Malaysia: a qualitative descriptive study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Integrated Care Model of Adiposity-Related Chronic Diseases.Current hypertension reports · 2022Review
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
Abstract
A Health at Every Size (HAES) approach has been proposed to address weight bias and stigma in individuals living with obesity, and more recently articulated as a promising public health approach beyond the prevailing focus on weight status as a health outcome. The purpose of this article is to examine our understanding of HAES within the context of public health approaches to obesity, and to present strengths and limitations of the available evidence. Advancing our understanding of HAES from a public health perspective requires us to move beyond an ideological debate and give greater attention to the need for empirical studies across a range of populations. Only then can the value of HAES, as a weight-neutral, public health approach for the prevention of obesity and other chronic diseases, be fully understood.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.