ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2020
BMI, Weight Discrimination, and Psychological, Behavioral, and Interpersonal Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
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- Mental burden and its risk and protective factors during the early phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: systematic review and meta-analyses.Globalization and health · 2021Pooled it
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- Weight stigma in the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
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- Behavioral and emotional adaptations of obese and underweight students in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Humanities & social sciences communications · 2022Article
- Weight Bias During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Current obesity reports · 2021Review
- Negative impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown upon health-related behaviours and psychological wellbeing in people living with severe and complex obesity in the UK.EClinicalMedicine · 2021Article
- Weight Stigma as a Predictor of Distress and Maladaptive Eating Behaviors During COVID-19: Longitudinal Findings From the EAT Study.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2020Article
- Proper Management of People with Obesity during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2020Article
- Obesity and COVID-19: The Two Sides of the Coin.Obesity facts · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to examine whether BMI and weight discrimination are associated with psychological, behavioral, and interpersonal responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
methodsUsing a prospective design, participants (N = 2,094) were first assessed in early February 2020 before the coronavirus crisis in the United States and again in mid-March 2020 during the President's "15 Days to Slow the Spread" guidelines. Weight, height, and weight discrimination were assessed in the February survey. Psychological, behavioral, and interpersonal responses to the coronavirus were assessed in the March survey.
resultsPrepandemic experiences with weight discrimination were associated with greater concerns about the virus, engaging in more preventive behaviors, less trust in people and institutions to manage the outbreak, and greater perceived declines in connection to one's community. BMI tended to be unrelated to these responses.
conclusionsDespite the risks of complications of coronavirus disease associated with obesity, individuals with higher BMI were neither more concerned about the virus nor taking more behavioral precautions than individuals in other weight categories. Weight discrimination, in contrast, may heighten vigilance to threat, which may have contributed to both positive (greater concern, more precautionary behavior) and negative (less trust, declines community connection) responses to the pandemic.
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