Publications: Weight bias
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Mollow, A., 'Hunger Always Wins: Contesting the Medicalization of Fat Bodies' (2022), in J.M. Reynolds & C. Wieseler (Eds.) The Disability Bioethics Reader (pp. 254-262), New York: Routledge
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Nath, R., 'Why It’s OK to Be Fat' (2024), New York: Routledge
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Nutter, S., Saunders, J.F. & Waugh, R., 'Current trends and future directions in internalized weight stigma research: a scoping review and synthesis of the literature' (2024), Journal of Eating Disorders, 12(1), 98
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O'Brien, K.S., Hunter, J.A., Halberstadt, J. & Anderson, J., 'Body image and explicit and implicit anti-fat attitudes: The mediating role of physical appearance comparisons' (2007), Body Image, 4(3), pp.249-256
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Olson, S.M., Muñoz, E.G., Solis, E.C. & Bradford, H.M., 'Mitigating Weight Bias in the Clinical Setting: A New Approach to Care' (2023), Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health [online]
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Oswald, F., 'Anti-fatness in the Ozempic era: state of the landscape and considerations for future research' (2024), Fat Studies [online]
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Padley, P.H., 'Shame, discrimination and disability: Unveiling narratives of obesity' (2022), International Journal of Language Studies, 16(4), pp. 43-64
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Panza, E., Olson, K., Sall, K., Norris, A., Lillis, J., Thomas, J.G., Dunsiger, S., Fowler, H., Parent, H. & Wing, R.R., 'Sexual Minority Women Report Higher Weight Stigma Levels Than Heterosexual Women in the National Weight Control Registry' (2024), Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 58(9), pp. 603–609
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Papademetriou, M., Riehl, M. & Schulman, A.R., 'Stigma, Bias, and the Shortfalls of Body Mass Index: A Reflection on the State of Weight Management' (2024), American Journal of Gastroenterology, 119(6), pp. 1023–1027
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Papaioannou, T. & Monaghan, L.F., 'Affect as Community Connectedness: Re-Framing Weight-Related Stigma and Disordered Eating Online' (2023), Journal of Communication Inquiry [online]
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Pearl, R.L., Groshon, L.C. & Fitterman-Harris, H.F., 'Weight stigma' (2023), in H.S. Friedman & C.H. Markey (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Third Edition: Volume 3, (pp. V3-601–V3-610), Cambridge, MA: Academic Press
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Peretz-Lange, R. & Kibbe, M.M., '“Shape bias” goes social: Children categorize people by weight rather than race' (2023), Developmental Science [online]
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Peretz-Lange, R., Carvalho, K. & Muentener, P., 'Children’s Essentialist Beliefs About Weight' (2023), Journal of Cognition and Development [online]
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Philip, S.R., Fields, S.A., Van Ryn, M. & Phelan, S.M., 'Comparisons of Explicit Weight Bias Across Common Clinical Specialties of US Resident Physicians' (2023), Journal of General Internal Medicine [online]
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Phillips, J., 'Weight bias and stigma in healthcare: What are we doing about it?' (2024), Work, 77(3), pp. 731–733
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Pickett Miller, N., '(Re)presenting The Big Grrrls' (2023), Fat Studies [online]
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Pictor, L.E., Laboe, A.A., Dillon, K., Frank, M., Gavuji, M., Krawczyk, A. & Schaumberg, K., 'A pilot randomized trial of the body advocacy movement: a novel, dissonance-based intervention designed to target fear of weight gain and anti-fat bias in young adults' (2024), Eating Disorders [online]
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Piedra, J. & Varea, V., '‘Operación Feria’: a critical analysis of body discourses on Instagram' (2023), Sport in Society [online]
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Pingitore, R., Dugoni, B.L., Tindale, R.S. & Spring, B., 'Bias against overweight job applicants in a simulated employment interview' (1994), Journal of Applied Psychology, 79(6), pp.909-917
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Puhl, R. & Brownell, K.D., 'Bias, discrimination, and obesity' (2012), Obesity Research, 9(12), pp.788-805
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Puhl, R., Andreyeva, T. & Brownell, K.D., 'Perceptions of weight discrimination: Prevalence and comparison to race and gender discrimination in America' (2008), International Journal of Obesity, 32(6), pp.992-1000
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Puhl, R.M. & King, K.M., 'Weight discrimination and bullying' (2013), Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 27(2), pp.117-127
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Puhl, R.M. & Latner, J.D., 'Stigma, obesity, and the health of the nation’s children' (2007), Psychological Bulletin, 133(4), pp.557-580
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Puhl, R.M., Andreyeva, T. & Brownell, K.D., 'Changes in perceived weight discrimination among Americans, 1995-1996 through 2004-2006' (2008), Obesity, 16(5), pp.1129-1134
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Puhl, R.M., Luedicke, J. & Heuer, C., 'Weight-based victimization toward overweight adolescents: Observations and reactions of peers' (2011), Journal of School Health, 81(11), pp.696-703
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Puhl, R.M., Moss-Racusin, C.A. & Schwartz, M.B., 'Internalization of weight bias: Implications for binge eating and emotional well-being' (2007), Obesity, 15(1), pp.19-23
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Puhl, R.M., Peterson, J.L. & Luedicke, J., 'Weight-based victimization: Bullying experiences of weight loss treatment-seeking youth' (2013), Pediatrics, 131(1), pp.e1-e9
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Roehling, M.V., 'Weight-based discrimination in employment: Psychological and legal aspects' (2006), Personnel Psychology, 52(4), pp.969-1016
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Roehling, M.V., 'Weight discrimination in the American workplace: Ethical issues and analysis' (2002), Journal of Business Ethics, 40(2), pp.177-189
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Roehling, M.V., Roehling, P.V. & Pichler, S., 'The relationship between body weight and perceived weight-related employment discrimination: The role of sex and race' (2007), Journal of Vocational Behavior, 71(2), pp.300-318
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Rothblum, E.D., Brand, P.A., Miller, C.T. & Oetjen, H.A., 'The relationship between obesity, employment discrimination, and employment-related victimization' (1990), Journal of Vocational Behavior, 37, pp.251-266
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Rudolph, C.W., Wells, C.L., Weller, M.D. & Baltes, B.B., 'A meta-analysis of empirical studies of weight-based bias in the workplace' (2009), Journal of Vocational Behavior, 74(1), pp.1-10
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Russell, H.A., 'Is It Time to Say Goodbye to BMI? A Commentary' (2024), Family and Community Health, 47(1), pp. 16–19
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Sabin, J.A., Marini, M. & Nosek, B.A., 'Implicit and explicit anti-fat bias among a large sample of medical doctors by BMI, race/ethnicity and gender' (2012), PLoS ONE, 7(11), Article number e48448
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Sall, K.E., Miller, J.C., Jansen, E., Shonrock, A.T., Byrd, R. & C., 'Sexual Assault Among College Women: The Role of Survivor Acknowledgment, Rape Myth Acceptance, Weight Bias, and Body Appreciation' (2024), Journal of Interpersonal Violence [online]
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Schvey, N.A., Puhl, R.M. & Brownell, K.D., 'The impact of weight stigma on caloric consumption' (2011), Obesity, 19(10), pp.1957-1962
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Shaw, J. & Walter, M., 'Tipping the scales: How defendant body type may result in eyewitness biases' (2015), Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
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Siqueira, B.B., de Souza, G.C.A., Japur, C.C. & de Oliveira Penaforte, F.R., '“The Other Person Does Not Deserve to be Remembered for the Amount of Fat They Have in Their Bodies”: Representations of Weight Stigma by Overweight Nutrition Students' (2023), Trends in Psychology [online]
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Standen, E.C., Ward, A. & Mann, T., 'The role of social norms, intergroup contact, and ingroup favoritism in weight stigma' (2024), PLoS ONE, 19(6 June), e0305080
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Strings, S. & Bell, C., 'BMI Is Bunk, but Fat Women Are Diseased: The Hypocrisy of “The Normal (White) Man”' (2024), Social Sciences, 13(6), 276
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Swami, V., Pietschnig, J., Stieger, S., Tovee, M.J. & Voracek, M., 'An investigation of weight bias against women and its associations with individual difference factors' (2010), Body Image, 7(3), pp.194-199
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Taylor, A., Mitchell, A. & Rice, C., 'Performing Fat Liberation: Pretty Porky and Pissed Off’s Affective Politics and Archive' (2023), Social Sciences, 12(5), 270
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Telo, G.H., Friedrich Fontoura, L., Avila, G.O., Gheno, V., Bertuzzo Brum, M.A., Teixeira, J.B., Erthal, I.N., Alessi, J. & Telo, G.H, 'Obesity bias: How can this underestimated problem affect medical decisions in healthcare? A systematic review' (2024), Obesity Reviews [online]
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Tsai, Y.-S. & Chang, Y.-Y., 'Can generative models be used to detect hate speech related to body shaming?' (2023), ROCLING 2023 - Proceedings of the 35th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, pp. 270–278
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Turner, S.L., 'Pediatric healthcare professionals’ attitudes and beliefs about weight stigma: A descriptive study' (2024), Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 75, pp. 64–71
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van Geel, M., Vedder, P. & Tanilon, J., 'Are overweight and obese youths more often bullied by their peers? A meta-analysis on the correlation between weight status and bullying' (2014), International Journal of Obesity, 38(10), pp.1263-1267
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Vartanian, L.R. & Shaprow, J.G., 'Effects of weight stigma on exercise motivation and behavior: A preliminary investigation among college-aged females' (2008), Journal of Health Psychology, 13(1), pp.131-138
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Vega-Salas, M.J., Hermosilla-Llanca, D., Avilés-Peña, V., Ulloa-Vallejos, C. & Espinosa-Repenning, A., 'Weight stigma among Chilean university students | Estigmatización por peso en estudiantes universitarios Chilenos' (2024), Revista Chilena de Nutricion, 51(2), pp. 128–136
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Waldrop, S.W., Wang, D., Kancherla, D. & Stanford, F.C., 'Current status of weight bias and stigma in pediatrics and the need for greater focus on populations at risk' (2024), Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 36(1), pp. 42–48
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Wanniarachchi, V.U., Scogings, C., Susnjak, T. & Mathrani, A., 'Hate Speech Patterns in Social Media: A Methodological Framework and Fat Stigma Investigation Incorporating Sentiment Analysis, Topic Modelling and Discourse Analysis' (2023), Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 27
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