Weight bias, stigma and discrimination: a call for greater conceptual clarity
Authors: Côté M, Forouhar V, Sacco S, Baillot A, Himmelstein M, Hussey B, Incollingo Rodriguez AC, Nagpal TS, Nutter S, Patton I, Pearl RL, Puhl RM, Ramos Salas X, Russell-Mayhew S, Alberga AS
Affiliations
1 Faculté des Sciences de l'éducation, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
2 Centre Nutrition, Santé et Société (NUTRISS), Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF), Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
3 Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
4 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
5 École Interdisciplinaire de la Santé, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada.
6 Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States.
7 Bias 180, Dundas, ON, Canada.
8 Replica Communications, Dundas, ON, Canada.
9 Psychological & Cognitive Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, United States.
10 Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
11 Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
12 Obesity Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
13 Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
14 Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.
15 Replica Communications, Kristianstad, Sweden.
16 Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Description
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Keywords: concepts; definition; operationalization; terms; weight bias; weight discrimination; weight stigma;
Links
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41280193/
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1710851