...; Guillem Cuatrecasas; Silvia Cañizares; Albert Lecube; on behalf of the Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity (SEEDO). Introduction: This study explores the under-investigated area of obesity-related discrimination and stigmatization across different countries, specifically comparing Spain (Europe...

...Ansgar Thiel; Jannika M. John; Johannes Carl; Hendrik K. Thedinga Introduction: People with obesity often report experiences of weight-related discrimination. In order to find out how such experiences throughout the life course are related to physical activity behavior, we exploratively studied...

...Anja Hilbert; Claudia Hübner; Gabriele Schmutzer; Sigrun Danielsdottir; Elmar Brähler; Rebecca Puhl Objective: Weight-related discrimination is prevalent and associated with health impairments for those who are targeted, which underscores the need of antidiscrimination legislation. This study...

...Laura E. Durso; Janet D. Latner; Kentaro Hayashi Objective : The present study examined the relationship between experiences of discrimination and occurrence of binge eating among overweight and obese persons, a population which has previously shown elevated rates of binge eating. Methods...

... discrimination in the work place due to their body weight. The present review examines the specific kind, context and extent of a weight bias in work settings. Methods: We performed a literature search in the scientific databases PubMed and PsychINFO to identify studies which have investigated aspects...