ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2023
Dismantling weight stigma in eating disorder treatment: Next steps for the field.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Weight bias in mental health settings: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of weight stigma and disordered eating cognitions and behaviors.Body image · 2024Pooled it
- Why the Skinny Epidemic Is a Mental Health Nursing Issue.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Article
- A Multi-Site Study of Brief Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders for Individuals With BMI ≥ 30.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Observational
- Collective responsibility and ecological thinking in eating disorders: moving beyond individualistic models of illness and recovery.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Binge-Spectrum Eating Disorders and Higher Body Mass Index Are Associated With Greater Negative Attitudes Towards Obesity.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Weight status and pathways to eating disorder referral from primary care in England and Northern Ireland: a cross-sectional analysis of routine care data.The Lancet. Primary care · 2026Article
- "We're on the journey now together": a qualitative examination of "close others'" perspectives on barriers and facilitators to help-seeking for eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- "I feel like there's going to have to be catastrophe before I am seen:..and that is going to be devastating": Visibility, recognition, and medical silencing in eating disorders and disordered eating.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Implementation of weight-inclusive care in primary care: a mixed-methods pilot study of a brief, behavior-focused provider training.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Expanding the Scope of Open Weighing to Target Anxiety About the Consequences of Weight Gain in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Managing adolescent eating disorders in primary care: a qualitative study of provider perspectives.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The grit personality trait, eating behavior, and obesity among Japanese adults: a cross-sectional study.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2025Article
- Body Image Group as Adjunct to Eating Disorder Treatment: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Early Outcomes.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Weight Stigma in the Development, Maintenance, and Treatment of Eating Disorders: A Case Series Informing Implications for Research and Practice.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- Clinical Experiences Using Family Based Treatment for Eating Disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The arabic version of the fat phobia scale-short form: reliability and structural validity.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
- Body image differs in weight-based stereotypes between patients with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder: findings from the BodyTalk project.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Programme-Led and Focused Interventions for Recent Onset Binge/Purge Eating Disorders: Use and Outcomes in the First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED) Network.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The impact of weight self-stigma on appearance anxiety among female college students: a variable-centered and person-centered analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
The authors posit current guidelines and treatment for eating disorders (EDs) fail to adequately address, and often perpetuate, weight stigma. The social devaluation and denigration of higher-weight individuals cuts across nearly every life domain and is associated with negative physiological and psychosocial outcomes, mirroring the harms attributed to weight itself. Maintaining focus on weight in ED treatment can intensify weight stigma among patients and providers, leading to increased internalization, shame, and poorer health outcomes. Stigma has been recognized as a fundamental cause of health inequities. With no clear evidence that the proposed mechanisms of ED treatment effectively address internalized weight bias and its association with disordered eating behavior, it is not hard to imagine that providers' perpetuation of weight bias, however unintentional, may be a key contributor to the suboptimal response to ED treatment. Several reported examples of weight stigma in ED treatment are discussed to illustrate the pervasiveness and insidiousness of this problem. The authors contend weight management inherently perpetuates weight stigma and outline steps for researchers and providers to promote weight-inclusive care (targeting health behavior change rather than weight itself) as an alternative approach capable of addressing some of the many social injustices in the history of this field.
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