Weight Stigma and Weight-Related Health: Associations of Self-Report Measures Among Adults in Weight Management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Weight stigma impairs health. Few studies have disentangled the associations of experienced versus internalized stigma with weight-related outcomes.

Purpose

To examine weight and health variables associated with weight stigma experiences and internalization in the largest-to-date sample of adults in weight management.

Methods

WW (formerly Weight Watchers) members (N = 18,769, 94.6% female, 91.1% white) completed an online survey from 2017 to 2018. Participants reported whether they had experienced weight stigma and, if so, the onset, past-year frequency and distress, and interpersonal sources of stigma. Participants completed the Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS-M) and self-reported: past-year weight and lifetime weight cycles; current self-

SUBMITTER: Pearl RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7646152 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature