ArticleBody image2021
Examining associations among weight stigma, weight bias internalization, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorder symptoms: Does weight status matter?
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of weight stigma and disordered eating cognitions and behaviors.Body image · 2024Pooled it
- Weight Bias Internalization and Psychosocial, Physical, and Behavioral Health: A Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional and Prospective Associations.Behavior therapy · 2023Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of associations between weight bias internalization and conceptually-related correlates: A step towards improving construct validity.Clinical psychology review · 2022Pooled it
- Internalised weight stigma as a mediator of the relationship between experienced/perceived weight stigma and biopsychosocial outcomes: a systematic review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2022Pooled it
- How, When, and for Whom Does Daily Weight Bias Internalization Undermine Body Image Satisfaction? A Daily Diary Study of Perceived Weight, Exercise Duration, and Gender Differences Among Adolescents.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Sleep Quality, Not Sleep Duration, Is Independently Associated with Internalized Weight Bias: The Greek Lifestyle and Obesity-Related Bias Survey.Clocks & sleep · 2026Article
- Social Perceptions of Weight Loss With Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Receptor Agonists in Black and White Women With Obesity.Stigma and health · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Premorbid Weight Status and Eating Disorder Onset in Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Usefulness of a virtual reality programme for body self-image in obese and overweight patients: a focus on gender differences - a randomised trial.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Weight stigma and engagement in physical health behaviours among young adults in India.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Association between self-reported discrimination and body weight dissatisfaction among adolescents in a city in Santa Catarina, Brazil.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2026Article
- Visible yet Invisible: embodied meanings of weight stigma among women with binge eating disorder and higher weight.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- Empirical Redundancy? What Is the Distinct Role of Self-Objectification, Thin-Ideal Internalization, and Internalized Weight Stigma on Eating Pathology?Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025Article
- Assessing eating disorder education in U.S. medical schools: a qualitative content analysis of lecture slides.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
- Non-pharmacologicaL InterVEntions for Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain (RESOLVE) in People Living With Severe Mental Illness: A Realist Synthesis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Review
- Thin-Ideal Internalisation and Weight Bias Internalisation as Predictors of Eating Pathology: The Moderating Role of Self-Compassion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Mixed Methods to Assess Sex Differences in Weight Bias Internalization Among Patients With Obesity.Obesity science & practice · 2025Article
- Diet culture socialization in the parent-child relationship: Effects on children's disordered eating and positive body image.Journal of social and personal relationships · 2025Article
- The Unique Associations of Thin-Ideal Internalization and Internalized Weight Stigma With Body Dissatisfaction Across Body Sizes.Journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- Perceived weight stigma and disordered eating behaviors among postpartum women: The mediating role of weight bias internalization and postpartum depression.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
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Abstract
The present study aimed to expand weight stigma theoretical models by accounting for central tenets of prominent eating disorder (ED) theories and increasing the generalizability of existing models for individuals across the weight spectrum. College students (Sample 1: N = 1228; Sample 2: N = 1368) completed online surveys assessing stigma and ED symptoms. In each sample, separately, multi-group path analyses tested whether body mass index (BMI) classification (underweight/average weight, overweight, obese) moderated a model wherein weight stigma experiences were sequentially associated with weight bias internalization, body dissatisfaction, and five ED symptoms: binge eating, purging, restricting, excessive exercise, muscle building behaviors. Results supported the assessed model overall and for individuals in each BMI class, separately. Although patterns of associations differed for individuals with different BMIs, these variations were limited. The present findings suggest that the adverse impact of weight stigma on distinct ED symptoms is not limited to individuals with elevated BMIs and that these associations are generally explained by the same mechanisms. Weight stigma interventions that focus on decreasing weight bias internalization and body dissatisfaction are recommended for individuals across the weight spectrum. Further examination of associations between weight stigma and multiple ED symptoms, beyond disinhibited eating, is supported.
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