Implicit and explicit weight bias among healthcare professionals
Authors' conclusion
Data from over one million online survey responses collected by Project Implicit between 2006-2022 suggest that implicit and explicit weight bias persist among diagnosing and treating practitioners, other healthcare workers, and non-healthcare workers.
Study context
- Population
- Respondents to Project Implicit online surveys, 2006–2022
- Participants
- over one million online survey responses
- Exposure
- Diagnosing and treating practitioners vs other healthcare workers vs non-healthcare workers
- Outcome
- Implicit and explicit weight bias
Methodological detailsonline survey, Implicit Association Tests, Project Implicit data 2006-2022
- Online survey
- Implicit Association Tests
- Project Implicit data 2006-2022
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Implicit and explicit weight bias persist among diagnosing and treating practitioners, other healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers
- Diagnosing and treating workers could express more explicit bias than others
- Across all three occupation groups, men appear to have more explicit negative attitudes toward people with obesity
- Explicit weight bias appears to be decreasing over time
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Implicit and explicit weight bias among healthcare professionals. Int J Obes (Lond). Published 5 August 2025. doi:10.
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