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weight stigma: a standalone construct

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Public health

negative attitudes and discrimination toward people because of their body weight.

In public health, weight stigma refers to negative attitudes and discrimination toward people because of their body weight. This meaning comes from Puhl (2009) in Obesity.[1]

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body2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs discrimination4 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs stigma2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Puhl, R. M., & Heuer, C. A. (2009). The Stigma of Obesity: A Review and Update. Obesity, 17(5), 941-964. https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2008.636

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