ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2018
Weight Perception, Weight Stigma Concerns, and Overeating.
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- Patterns of weight loss attempts and clinically significant weight loss among US adolescents and adults: analysis of NHANES 2021-2023.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Weight stigma and engagement in physical health behaviours among young adults in India.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Disentangling consequences of self-perceived weight from excess adiposity in metabolically healthy overweight/obesity.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Beyond the Physical: Weight Stigma and the Bariatric Patient Journey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Assessing exposure to weight stigma: development and initial validation of the Weight Stigma Exposure Inventory (WeSEI).Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The Influence of Contested Racial Identity and Perceived Everyday Discrimination Exposure on Body Mass Index in US Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Traces of social culture in the lived experiences of emotional eating among Iranian obese women.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Breaking Academic Silos: Pedagogical Recommendations for Equitable Obesity Prevention Training and Research During an Age of Nutrition Polarization.AJPM focus · 2024Article
- Racial differences in weight perception among Black and White women diagnosed with breast cancer.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2024Article
- The role of social norms, intergroup contact, and ingroup favoritism in weight stigma.PloS one · 2024Article
- Addiction-like Eating in Chinese Adults: An Assessment Tool and Its Associations with Modern Eating-Related Habits.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Association between bodyweight perception, nutritional status, and weight control practices: A cross-sectional analysis from the Chilean Health Survey 2016-2017.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Examining the associations of sexual minority stressors and past-year depression with overeating and binge eating in a diverse community sample of sexual minority women.Eating behaviors · 2021Article
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- Self-perception of overweight and obesity: A review of mental and physical health outcomes.Obesity science & practice · 2020Review
- Weight Bias Internalization: The Maladaptive Effects of Moral Condemnation on Intrinsic Motivation.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivePerceiving one's own weight status as being overweight is a likely motivation for weight loss. However, self-perceived overweight status has also been found to be associated with overeating and weight gain. This study examined whether weight stigma concerns explain why individuals who perceive their weight status as overweight are at increased risk of overeating.
methodsWe conducted two survey studies of United States adults (N = 1,236) in which we assessed whether weight stigma concerns explain the cross-sectional relationship between perceived overweight and overeating tendencies.
resultsAcross two studies, the cross-sectional relationship between perceived overweight and overeating tendencies was in part explained by weight stigma concerns. Participants who perceived their weight as "overweight" reported greater weight stigma concerns than participants who perceived their weight as "about right," and this explained 23.3% (Study 1) to 58.6% (Study 2) of the variance in the relationship between perceived overweight and overeating tendencies.
conclusionsWeight stigma concerns may explain why perceiving one's own weight status as overweight is associated with an increased tendency to overeat.
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