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Family-based weight stigma and psychosocial health: A multinational comparison.

Samantha E LawrenceRebecca M PuhlRyan J WatsonMarlene B SchwartzLeah M LessardGary D Foster
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2023)
Findings highlight the need for weight stigma-reduction efforts to help family members distinguish between supportive, encouraging discourse and potentially weight-stigmatizing communication. Future research should examine the prevalence and correlates of family-based weight stigma in more diverse community samples, including among racially/ethnically and gender diverse adults, and in non-Western countries.
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