Observational studyJournal of general internal medicine2024
Comparisons of Explicit Weight Bias Across Common Clinical Specialties of US Resident Physicians.
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- Weight bias in mental health settings: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Persistent use of body mass index policies as a barrier to surgery: Prevalence and analysis of policies across England in 2025.Journal of health services research & policy · 2026Article
- How does the Calibre learning program impact attitudes towards caring for patients who have obesity?Obesity pillars · 2026Article
- Understanding medical trainees' anti-fat dislike: roles of observed weight stigma, body image disturbance, and controllability beliefs.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Weight stigma and bias: standards of care in overweight and obesity-2025.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2025Review
- The Landscape of Obesity Education Worldwide - Are We Doing Enough? Scoping Review of Content of Obesity Educational Interventions in Medical Schools and Residency Programs.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- How Weight Bias and Stigma Undermine Healthcare Access and Utilization.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- What are Internal medicine residents' attitudes toward obesity as a disease, people living with obesity, and obesity treatment?Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
- Can equity in care be achieved for stigmatized patients? Discourses of ideological dilemmas in perioperative care.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with high body weight are persistently stigmatized in medical settings, with studies demonstrating that providers endorse negative stereotypes of, and have lower regard for, higher-weight patients. Very little is known about how this weight bias varies across specialties.
objectiveThe purpose of this study is to examine how explicit weight bias varies between resident providers among sixteen of the largest residency specialties in the USA. The identification of these differences will guide the prioritization and targeting of interventions.
designThe current study utilized cross-sectional, observational data.
participantsForty-nine allopathic medical schools were recruited to participate in this national, longitudinal study. The current study utilized data from 3267 trainees in Year 2 of Residency among those who specialized in one of the most common sixteen residency programs in 2016. MAIN MEASURES: Participants reported demographic information and residency specialties and completed three sets of measures pertaining to explicit weight bias. KEY
resultsA significant minority (13-48%) of residents reported slight-to-strong agreement with each anti-fat statement. There was a significant relationship between residency specialty and anti-fat blame (F(15, 3189 = 12.87, p < .001), η
conclusionsThis study is the first to report on weight bias in a large, heterogeneous sample of US resident physicians. Problematic levels of weight bias were found in all specialties, with residents in specialty programs generally reporting more bias than those in primary care residencies. Future research should examine which factors contribute to these differences to guide intervention.
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