Weight stigma is overlooked in commercial‐grade mobile applications for weight loss and weight‐related behaviors

Weight stigma is stressful. A review of evidence for the Cyclic Obesity/Weight-Based Stigma model.

Weight stigma is highly pervasive, but its consequences are understudied. This review draws from theory in social psychology, health psychology, and neuroendocrinology to construct an original, generative model called the cyclic obesity/weight-based stigma (COBWEBS) model. This model characterizes weight stigma as a "vicious cycle" - a positive feedback loop wherein weight stigma begets weight ...

The weight of stigma: cortisol reactivity to manipulated weight stigma.

OBJECTIVE Rates of weight-based stigmatization have steadily increased over the past decade. The psychological and physiological consequences of weight stigma remain understudied. METHODS This study examined the effects of experimentally manipulated weight stigma on the stress-responsive hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) in 110 female undergraduate participants (BMI: M=19.30, SD=1.55)...

Eating behaviors as predictors of weight loss in a 6 month weight loss intervention.

OBJECTIVE To examine associations between eating behavior constructs and weight loss (WL) in a 6-month WL intervention in worksites. DESIGN AND METHODS A cluster-randomized controlled trial of a group behavioral WL intervention versus wait-listed control was conducted at four worksites. Measures included body weight and the eating behavior constructs restraint, disinhibition, hunger, and thei...

Weight Stigma 1 Running Title: Children's Weight Stigma Weight Stigma and Educators’ Perceptions of Children’s Psychological Symptoms

Assessment of weight stigma.

The purpose of this review article is to familiarize readers with the common methodologies used to assess weight stigma. This article explores the most frequent ways weight stigma is assessed, offers relevant empirical examples of each methodology, examines the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, and offers recommendations for strengthening research assessment of weight stigma for the fu...