Weight bias internalization in a commercial weight management sample: prevalence and correlates.

Rebecca L PearlM S HimmelsteinRebecca M Puhl Thomas A WaddenA C WojtanowskiG D Foster

Published in: Obesity science & practice (2019)

Weight bias was internalized by a significant proportion of adults enrolled in a commercial weight management programme. A phenotype of WBI includes demographic characteristics and the timing and sources of weight stigma.

Keyphrases

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