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Weight Bias in Educational Settings: a Systematic Review.
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- The legality of weight discrimination in Canada: an environmental scan of case law and the limits of Canadian legislation.International journal for equity in health · 2025Review
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- Weight-related bullying in schools: a review of school anti-bullying policies.BMC public health · 2025Review
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- The Impact of Novel Medications for Obesity on Weight Stigma and Societal Attitudes: A Narrative Review.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Body Fat and Obesity Rates, Cardiovascular Fitness, and the Feasibility of a Low-Intensity Non-Weight-Centric Educational Intervention Among Late Adolescents: Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- School participation in a health behavior program: qualitative perspectives from schools that did and did not adopt the iAmHealthy program.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeTo conduct a systematic literature review of empirical peer-reviewed published studies on the prevalence of weight bias among students, pre-service, and in-service teachers and its impact on the educational experiences and health of students from kindergarten to postsecondary settings.
methodsKeywords were searched on three main concepts, (i) weight bias/stigma, (ii) obesity/overweight, and (iii) education, within eight databases. Our search yielded 8323 individual records, of which 45 studies satisfied our inclusion criteria.
resultsMost studies were conducted in K-12 school settings (n = 41), were quantitative in design (n = 37), and used student samples (n = 18). Weight bias is prevalent in educational settings, among peers at school as well as pre-service and in-service teachers, and negatively impacts students' health and educational experiences.
conclusionThese results highlighted the impact of weight bias in creating inequity for students with obesity as well as several underexamined areas, such as weight bias in postsecondary settings and attitudes among teachers and pre-service teachers. Innovative strategies to address weight bias in educational settings are needed.
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