ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2019
Unconscious Weight Bias Among Nursing Students: A Descriptive Study.
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- Efficacy of interventions aimed at reducing explicit and implicit weight bias in healthcare students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Attitudes and beliefs of healthcare workers towards obese persons in occupied Palestinian territories: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Weight Stigma Amongst Nurses and Nursing Students: A Scoping Review of Direct and Comparative Evidence.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- Attitudes and Behaviors of Nurses and Nursing Students Toward Patients with Obesity: A Systematized Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- Assessing Weight Stigma: Validating Attitudes and Beliefs Questionnaires Among Future Healthcare Professionals.Cureus · 2024Article
- Effective strategies in ending weight stigma in healthcare.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Review
- Exploring the weight bias of professionals working in the field of obesity with a mobile IAT: a pilot study.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2022Article
- Addressing Bias Toward Overweight Patients: a Training Program for First-Year Medical Students.Medical science educator · 2021Article
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Abstract
There has been both an increase in obesity and anti-obesity bias in the United States. The Harvard Weight Implicit Association Test (IAT) is a reliable, valid test that can measure unconscious weight bias. First semester Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students were surveyed anonymously mid-semester and at the end of the semester after completing the Harvard Weight IAT. Sixty-nine out of 77 students completed pre- and post-surveys. Weight preference towards others was not shown to be related to the respondent's own self-reported body mass index (BMI). The majority of respondents exhibited more weight-related bias on the IAT than they realized. The three qualitative themes that emerged included Awareness of Personal Beliefs and Stereotypes, Reminder to be Impartial, and Skepticism about the IAT. It is important for undergraduate nursing students to be aware of possible unconscious weight bias in order to provide high-quality care to patients.
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