ReviewCurrent obesity reports2015
Health Consequences of Weight Stigma: Implications for Obesity Prevention and Treatment.
Review in Current obesity reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 234 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
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Who cites it
234 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 549 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of Weight Bias, Stigma and Discrimination on Physical, Mental, and Quality of Life Outcomes of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review.Obesity surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Social justice for adults with high body weight: a systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2026Pooled it
- Assessing Weight Stigma Interventions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Current obesity reports · 2025Pooled it
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- Want to be fit? Start with your mind! The role of the placebo effect in physical fitness in children: a preliminary systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Pooled it
- Internalised weight stigma as a mediator of the relationship between experienced/perceived weight stigma and biopsychosocial outcomes: a systematic review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2022Pooled it
- Parental Concerns About Child Disordered Eating Among Youth With High Weights Participating in a Motivational Interviewing-Based Behavioral Intervention.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2026Trial
- Front-of-Package Food Labels and Perceived Weight Stigmatization: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Countermarketing Versus Health Education Messages About Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial of US Adults.American journal of public health · 2024Trial
- Longitudinal associations of binge eating with internalized weight stigma and eating self-efficacy.Eating behaviors · 2023Trial
- Preliminary Support for the Use of Motivational Interviewing to Improve Parent/Adult Caregiver Behavior for Obesity and Cancer Prevention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Children's experiences of meals after obesity treatment: a qualitative follow-up four years after a randomized controlled trial.BMC pediatrics · 2022Trial
- Addressing Weight Stigma in WIC: A Qualitative Study Exploring Advice and Training Needs of Minnesota WIC Staff.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2026Article
- Reframing Obesity as Collective Vulnerability in Black Churches in The USA: Implications for Clergy Leadership, Health Equity, and Pastoral Identity.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- A feminist neomaterialist exploration of bariatric surgery in Canada.Body & society · 2026Article
- The Effect of body Positive Social Media on Young Women with a History of Emotional Abuse and/or Bullying Victimization.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2026Article
- Assessing underlying processes of implicit weight bias: a diffusion model analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Reconceptualizing the ethics of diagnosis: a Foucauldian framework.Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM · 2026Article
- Understanding Internalized Weight Bias and Its Psychological Consequences: Implications for Improving Quality of Life.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Association of body mass index with adverse pregnancy outcomes when stratified by cardiovascular health.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
174 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Despite decades of research documenting consistent stigma and discrimination against individuals with obesity, weight stigma is rarely considered in obesity prevention and treatment efforts. In recent years, evidence has examined weight stigmatization as a unique contributor to negative health outcomes and behaviors that can promote and exacerbate obesity. This review summarizes findings from published studies within the past 4 years examining the relationship between weight stigma and maladaptive eating behaviors (binge eating and increased food consumption), physical activity, weight status (weight gain and loss and development of obesity), and physiological stress responses. Research evaluating the effects of weight stigma present in obesity-related public health campaigns is also highlighted. Evidence collectively demonstrates negative implications of stigmatization for weight-related health correlates and behaviors and suggests that addressing weight stigma in obesity prevention and treatment is warranted. Key questions for future research to further delineate the health effects of weight stigmatization are summarized.
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