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SUBMITTER: Graham CE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683344 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Graham Carlyn E CE Frisco Michelle L ML
Journal of health and social behavior 20230930 4
Extant research has investigated the relationship between body weight and suicidality because obesity is highly stigmatized, leading to social marginalization and discrimination, yet has produced mixed results. Scholars have speculated that factors associated with body weight, such as weight discrimination, may better predict suicidality than body weight itself. We consider this possibility among a sample of 12,057 adult participants ages 33 to 43 in Wave V of the National Longitudinal Study of ...[more]