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Week 3 References

References for examining weight stigma in healthcare and personal beliefs about weight

Here is the list of references referred to in this week’s content. Please feel free to bookmark any for future reference.

  1. Rubino F. et al. 2020. Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity. Nat Med. 26: 485-497.
  2. Phelan S. M. et al. 2015. Impact of weight bias and stigma on quality of care and outcomes for patients with obesity. Obes Rev. 16: 319-326.
  3. Setchell J. et al. 2015. Weight stigma in physiotherapy practice: Patient perceptions of interactions with physiotherapists. Man Ther. 20: 835-841.
  4. Puhl R. M. et al. 2015. A multinational examination of weight bias: predictors of anti-fat attitudes across four countries. Int J Obes (Lond). 39: 1166-1173.
  5. Pearl R. L. et al. 2019. Weight bias internalization in a commercial weight management sample: prevalence and correlates. Obes Sci Pract. 5: 342-353.
  6. Pearl R. L. and R. M. Puhl. 2018. Weight bias internalization and health: a systematic review. Obes Rev. 19: 1141-1163.
  7. Papadopoulos S. and L. Brennan. 2015. Correlates of weight stigma in adults with overweight and obesity: A systematic literature review. Obesity (Silver Spring). 23: 1743-1760.
  8. Puhl R. M. et al. 2016. Overcoming Weight Bias in the Management of Patients With Diabetes and Obesity. Clin Diabetes. 34: 44-50.
  9. Sabin, J.A., M. Marini, and B.A. Nosek, Implicit and explicit anti-fat bias among a large sample of medical doctors by BMI, race/ethnicity and gender. PLoS One, 2012. 7(11): p. e48448.
  10. Chambliss, H.O., C.E. Finley, and S.N. Blair, Attitudes toward obese individuals among exercise science students. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2004. 36(3): p. 468-74.
  11. Stone, O. and P. Werner, Israeli dietitians’ professional stigma attached to obese patients. Qual Health Res, 2012. 22(6): p. 768-76.
  12. Setchell J. et al. 2014. Physiotherapists demonstrate weight stigma: a cross-sectional survey of Australian physiotherapists. J Physiother. 60: 157-162.
  13. Schwartz, M.B., et al., Weight bias among health professionals specializing in obesity. Obes Res, 2003. 11(9): p. 1033-9.
  14. Albuquerque David et al. 2017. The contribution of genetics and environment to obesity. British Medical Bulletin. 123: 159-173.
  15. Allison K. et al. 2019. A qualitative study exploring the views of individuals with knee osteoarthritis on the role of physiotherapists in weight management: A complex issue requiring a sophisticated skill set. Musculoskeletal Care. 17: 206-214.
  16. Brown, I., et al., Primary care support for tackling obesity: a qualitative study of the perceptions of obese patients. Br J Gen Pract, 2006. 56(530): p. 666-72.
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