ReviewJournal of eating disorders2024
The relationship between internalised weight bias and biopsychosocial outcomes in children and youth: a systematic review.
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- Transforming screen time into active time: digital health interventions for childhood obesity.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Psychosocial determinants of food cravings in women with overweight and obesity: self-stigmatisation, weight bias and self-esteem.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Psychosocial Outcomes of the Fast Track to Health Clinical Trial in Adolescents with Obesity.Obesity facts · 2026Article
- Body-Image Discrepancy and Disordered Eating in Children Aged 10-12: The Roles of Gender, BMI, and Thinness-Related Attributions.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Weight bias among undergraduate women with health-related majors: a systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
- Defining patient-reported outcomes in diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease for clinical practice guidelines - perspectives of the taskforce of the Guideline Workshop.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Article
- 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
- Developing a digital intervention to combat fatphobia and anti-fat bias.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo synthesise the evidence on the relationships between internalised weight bias (IWB) and biopsychosocial health outcomes in individuals ≤ 25 years.
methodsA systematic review was conducted by searching five scientific databases up to May 2022 to retrieve studies that investigated associations between IWB and biopsychosocial outcomes. Articles with participants ≤ 25 years, at least one validated measure of IWB, one measure of a biopsychosocial outcome, and were observational were included. Excluded articles involved systematic literature reviews, case study reports, intervention studies, meta-analyses, grey literature, pilot, and feasibility studies. Quality assessment was carried out using the American Dietetic Association Quality Criteria Checklist. The protocol was registered with PROSPERO, ID number CRD42022323876.
resultsTwo hundred and sixty-six articles were identified. Nineteen were eligible for inclusion, (15 cross-sectional and 4 prospective). The Weight Bias Internalization Scale and the Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire were the most used tools to assess IWB with large heterogeneity in tool types used to assess biopsychosocial measures. IWB had positive associations with psychopathology, eating disorder symptomology, higher BMI, being female, and experiences of weight stigma. It was negatively associated with quality of life, body image, physical activity, social ability, self-esteem, and socioeconomic status. DISCUSSION: IWB associated with adverse biopsychosocial outcomes in children and youth populations. IWB may be more clinically relevant in assessing at-risk children and youth than physical weight due to its psychosocial aspects and ability to expand beyond the scope of BMI. Research would benefit from better assessment tools designed for children and youth that accurately measure IWB. Future research should focus on increased diversity and longitudinal study designs with children and youth-specific populations.
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