ReviewObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2022
Effective strategies in ending weight stigma in healthcare.
Review in Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06348238 (Strategies to Improve Well-Being and Diabetes Management), which is not on this map. Cited by 120 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Strategies to Improve Well-Being and Diabetes Management
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120 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 215 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic mapping review of individual participant factors related to eating disorder risk collected in behavioural weight management trials.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Pooled it
- Do Individuals With Overweight and Obesity Have Reduced Affective and Cognitive Empathy? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Structural weight stigma in healthcare toward preconception, pregnant, and postpartum women: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Weight stigma in the preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum periods: A systematic review of women's perspectives.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Assessing Weight Stigma Interventions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Current obesity reports · 2025Pooled it
- 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
- Exercise-based obesity simulation reduces weight bias and improves clinical decision-making in health professions students: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2026Trial
- A randomised controlled trial of a lived experience and education-based weight bias intervention for Australian healthcare students.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Trial
- Using stereotype violation to shift causal understanding and attitudes about weight.Eating behaviors · 2024Trial
- "A balancing act": parents' longitudinal perspectives of weight-related discussions with their children following obesity treatment.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- Efficacy of Web-Based, Guided Self-help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Enhanced for Binge Eating Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Patient expectations and healthcare professional education in obesity care: A comparative qualitative study.Obesity pillars · 2026Article
- Not for children's ears? Parents' insights into early childhood overweight and obesity treatment.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Addressing Weight Stigma in WIC: A Qualitative Study Exploring Advice and Training Needs of Minnesota WIC Staff.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2026Article
- 'Something Was Missing': A Qualitative Study of Parents' Expectations in Weight-Related Health Care for Children.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Weight discrimination and metabolic syndrome: Examining discrimination attributions and frequency across settings.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- Beyond weight: a stigma-free, integrated approach to obesity in patients affected by cancer.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Promoting Stigma-Free Language in Type 2 Diabetes Care Among Primary Care Clinicians: Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.JMIR diabetes · 2026Article
- Operational Approach to the Lancet 2025 Obesity Framework in Mexican Adults: Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Reconceptualizing the ethics of diagnosis: a Foucauldian framework.Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM · 2026Article
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Abstract
Weight stigma impacts negatively healthcare quality and hinders public health goals. The aim of this review was to identify strategies for minimizing weight bias among healthcare professionals and explore future research directions. An electronic search was performed in PubMed, PsycINFO and Scopus (until June 2020). Studies on weight stigma reduction in healthcare students, trainees and professionals were assessed based on specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. A narrative synthesis was undertaken to analyze emerging themes. We identified five stigma reduction strategies in healthcare: (i) increased education, (ii) causal information and controllability, (iii) empathy evoking, (iv) weight-inclusive approach, and (v) mixed methodology. Weight stigma needs to be addressed early on and continuously throughout healthcare education and practice, by teaching the genetic and socioenvironmental determinants of weight, and explicitly discussing the sources, impact and implications of stigma. There is a need to move away from a solely weight-centric approach to healthcare to a health-focused weight-inclusive one. Assessing the effects of weight stigma in epidemiological research is equally important. The ethical argument and evidence base for the need to reduce weight stigma in healthcare and beyond is strong. Although evidence on long-term stigma reduction is emerging, precautionary action is needed.
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