Association between weight bias internalization and metabolic syndrome among treatment-seeking individuals with obesity

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• 作者：Rebecca L. Pearl ; Thomas A. Wadden ; Christina M. Hopkins ; Jena A. Shaw ; Matthew R. Hayes ; Zayna M. Bakizada ; Nasreen Alfaris ; Ariana M. Chao ; Emilie Pinkasavage ; Robert I. Berkowitz and Naji Alamuddin
• 刊名：Obesity
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：25
• 期：2
• 页码：317-322
• 全文大小：148K
• ISSN：1930-739X

文摘

Weight stigma is a chronic stressor that may increase cardiometabolic risk. Some individuals with obesity self-stigmatize (i.e., weight bias internalization, WBI). No study to date has examined whether WBI is associated with metabolic syndrome.