Association of Weight-Related Stigmas With Daily Pain Symptoms Among Individuals With Obesity.

KayLoni L OlsonEmily PanzaJason LillisRena R Wing

Published in: Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2022)

Internalized (but not experienced) weight bias was prospectively associated with pain symptoms in daily life among individuals with obesity. Results are consistent with growing evidence that weight-related stigmas represent psychosocial factors that contribute to weight-related morbidity typically attributed to body size.

Keyphrases

weight loss
weight gain
physical activity
body mass index
chronic pain
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
pain management
neuropathic pain
high fat diet induced
sleep quality
spinal cord injury