ArticleBMC pediatrics2020
Intrapersonal predictors of weight bias internalization among elementary school children: a prospective analysis.
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- Gender differences in the relationship between weight bias internalization and psychological health outcomes among overweight and obese high school students in Thailand.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- The Relationship between Weight Bias Internalization and Quality of Life among Overweight and Obese Youths in Thailand.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2024Article
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- The relationship between internalised weight bias and biopsychosocial outcomes in children and youth: a systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
- The psychosocial beliefs, experiences and expectations of children living with obesity.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Weight bias internalization and its association with psychological distress and weight-related factors among youths in university, Thailand.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- The effects of adapted physical education sessions on the empathy of female students with overweight.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Addressing Weight Stigma and Weight-Based Discrimination in Children: Preparing Pediatricians to Meet the Challenge.The Journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Simply too much: the extent to which weight bias internalization results in a higher risk of eating disorders and psychosocial problems.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Examining the Conceptual and Measurement Overlap of Body Dissatisfaction and Internalized Weight Stigma in Predominantly Female Samples: A Meta-Analysis and Measurement Refinement Study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
- The role of weight stigma in weight regain in bariatric surgery.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Weight Stigma Model on Quality of Life Among Children in Hong Kong: A Cross-Sectional Modeling Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Internalized Weight Bias, Teasing, and Self-Esteem in Children with Overweight or Obesity.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWeight-related stigmatization is a widespread problem. Particularly the internalization of weight-related stereotypes and prejudices (weight bias internalization, WBI) is related to mental and physical health impairments. To date, little is known about the risk factors of WBI. Previous studies are mainly cross-sectional and based on adult samples. As childhood is a sensitive period for the development of a healthy self-concept, we examined predictors of WBI in children.
methodsThe final sample included 1,463 schoolchildren (6-11 years, 51.7% female) who took part in a prospective study consisting of three measurement waves. The first two waves delivered data on objective weight status and self-reported weight-related teasing, body dissatisfaction, relevance of one's own figure, self-esteem and depressive symptoms; WBI was measured during the third wave. To examine predictors of WBI, we ran hierarchical regression analyses and exploratory mediation analyses.
resultsLower parental education level, higher child weight status, female gender, experience of teasing, higher body dissatisfaction, higher figure-relevance, and higher depression scores were found to be predictive for higher WBI scores. Body dissatisfaction (only for girls) and the relevance of one's own figure (both genders) mediated the association between self-esteem and WBI; no weight-related differences were observed.
conclusionsOur study offers longitudinal evidence for variables that enable the identification of children who are at risk for WBI. Thus, the findings deliver starting points for interventions aimed at the prevention of adverse health developments that come along with WBI.
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