Family‐based weight stigma and psychosocial health: A multinational comparison
Authors' conclusion
Findings highlight the need for weight stigma-reduction efforts to help family members distinguish between supportive, encouraging discourse and potentially weight-stigmatizing communication. Future research should examine the prevalence and correlates of family-based weight stigma in more diverse community samples, including among racially/ethnically and gender diverse adults, and in non-Western countries.
Study context
- Population
- Adult members of a weight-management program who reported ever experiencing weight stigma, in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and the US; 95% female, 94% White
- Participants
- 8,100 members6 countries
- Outcome
- Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of family-based weight stigma
Methodological detailsmultinational, online survey
- Multinational
- Online survey
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Weight stigma from mothers
49%-62%
Weight stigma from spouses/romantic partners
40%-57%
Weight stigma from fathers
35%-48%
Weight stigma from immediate family associated with poorer psychosocial health across the six countries (β coefficients)
|0.08-0.13|
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
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