ArticleInternational journal of clinical practice2016
Perceived weight discrimination and chronic medical conditions in adults with overweight and obesity.
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- Weight discrimination and cardiometabolic health in underrepresented US adults.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
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- The chain mediation effects of psychological resilience and active coping style between discrimination perceptions and subjective well being among college students with disability.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Ending Weight Stigma to Advance Health Equity.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Moderation of associations between weight discrimination and diabetes status by psychosocial factors.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Raising awareness of anti-fat stigma in healthcare through lived experience education: a continuing professional development pilot study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Establishing consensus on nutrition competencies for medicine: a Delphi study.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2024Article
- Women's perceptions of weight stigma and experiences of weight-neutral treatment for binge eating disorder: A qualitative study.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- Experiences of weight stigma in everyday life: An ecological momentary assessment study.Journal of health psychology · 2021Article
- Factors linking perceived discrimination and weight bias internalization to body appreciation and eating pathology: A moderated mediation analysis of self-compassion and psychological distress.Stigma and health · 2021Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Weight Stigma: Co-Occurrence and Associations with Psychological Well-Being.Stigma and health · 2021Article
- International comparisons of weight stigma: addressing a void in the field.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Article
- Attitudes of Medical Professionals Towards Discrimination of Patients with Obesity.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
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aimThis study investigated whether perceived weight discrimination is associated with increased risk for major chronic medical conditions and whether the associations persist after adjusting for other stressful life events in addition to BMI, physical activity and sociodemographic variables.
methodsThe study included 21 357 overweight/obese adults (52.9% women) from the 2001 to 2002 and 2004 to 2005 National Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions.
resultsPerceived weight discrimination was significantly associated with risk for arteriosclerosis, diabetes, high cholesterol, myocardial infarction, minor heart conditions and stomach ulcers. Perceived weight discrimination was associated with reporting more stressful life events. After adjusting additionally for stressful life events in the final multiple logistic regression, associations with arteriosclerosis, diabetes and minor cardiac conditions remained significant. Gender-stratified analyses revealed that perceived weight discrimination was associated with different medical conditions in women than men, and many associations became non-significant when adjusting for stressful life events, particularly for women.
conclusionsAmong overweight/obese adults, perceived weight discrimination is associated with significantly increased risk for obesity-related chronic medical conditions even after adjusting for BMI, physical activity and sociodemographic variables. Accounting for other acute stressful life events may also be important in understanding the health effects of perceived weight discrimination. Such added health risk of overweight/obesity posed by perceived weight discrimination warrants public health and policy interventions against weight discrimination to reduce the socioeconomic burden of obesity.
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