ACP announces initiative to advance equitable access to obesity care
The American College of Physicians (ACP) have revealed a new initiative aimed at advancing equitable access to obesity care. ACP plans to...
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Newspaper reporting of adolescent bariatric surgery increases obesity stigma
Investigators from Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, have concluded that way newspapers report on adolescent bariatric surgery may...
Body weight targets stigmatise and potentially harm patients
Body weight targets that stigmatise and potentially harm patients continue to be commonly used in everyday clinical practice, but are...
Journal watch 20/07/2022
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...
Standardise language and terminology in scientific journals and with patients
Researchers are recommending a stronger move towards less stigmatising, standardised terminology in scientific journals and with...
Weight bias pervasive across racial and ethnic groups
While a higher percentage of White and Asian adults acknowledge the existence of weight bias in society, Hispanic and Black Americans...
Obesity stigma is a barrier to life-saving cancer screening services
A study by researchers at the University of Sunderland, UK, has reported that people living with obesity are failing to access vital...
Women feel more stigma about abdominal fat than men
Women were more likely than men to report feeling stigmatised about abdominal fat, regardless of their body mass index or weight,...
Stigma and shame by medical professionals might be as damaging as as obesity itself
On the second day of the 2021 Brazilian Bariatric Surgery Congress, happening in São Paulo, Dr. Francesco Rubino made a powerful critic...
People with T2DM face stigma
People with type 2 diabetes experience stigma because of both their diabetes and their weight, according to a study published in Clinical...
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