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A randomized study of effects of obesity framing on weight stigma.

Lindsey ParnarouskisRiley J JouppiJenna R CummingsAshley Nicole Gearhardt
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)
These findings suggest that food addiction explanations for obesity may elicit greater internalized weight stigma than non-obesity-related messages. Addiction-based and traditional obesity explanations do not appear to influence external weight stigma. Illuminating the effects of obesity framing on stigma will help researchers communicate discoveries in ways that mitigate stigma.
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