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Adults who developed severe obesity before the age of 18 are nearly three times more likely than those who developed the condition later...

Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...

The World Obesity Federation has released position statement addressing weight stigma and changing obesity narratives. The statement,...

In January 2020, Dr Andrew Jenkinson published his best-selling book - ‘Why We Eat (Too much)?’ – in which he outlined the emerging new...

There is an urgent need to better educate medical professionals on weight stigma to help tackle the UK's obesity crisis, according to the...

According to a study by researchers at the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health, it remains legal to discriminate against people...

Over 50% of adolescents saw more weight stigmatising content on social media and reported feeling worse about their bodies, which was...

Over 50% of adults surveyed across six different countries report experiencing weight stigma and those who engage in self-stigma and...

Weight-based bullying from peers has a negative impact on adolescents’ academic grades, according to researchers at the UConn Rudd Center...

Scientists from Arizona State University and Oklahoma State University have reported that not all overweight and obesity body shapes are...