ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2021
Policies to address weight discrimination and bullying: Perspectives of adults engaged in weight management from six nations.
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- Humanistic Burden and Gaps in Care and Treatment Policies of Obesity in Canada: A Systematic Review.Advances in therapy · 2026Pooled it
- School-Focused Interventions for Weight-Based Victimization in Youth.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- Promoting resilience in women's weight stigma management (PRISM): A model for enhancing body image resilience.Journal of health psychology · 2026Review
- The legality of weight discrimination in Canada: an environmental scan of case law and the limits of Canadian legislation.International journal for equity in health · 2025Review
- Obesity Stigma: Causes, Consequences, and Potential Solutions.Current obesity reports · 2023Review
- Predictors of support for anti-weight discrimination policies among Canadian adults.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Public beliefs about the consequences of living with obesity in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.BMC public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveAcross the world, it remains legal to discriminate against people because of their weight. Although US studies demonstrate public support for laws to prohibit weight discrimination, multinational research is scarce. The present study conducted a multinational comparison of support for legislative measures to address weight discrimination and bullying across six countries.
methodsParticipants were adults (n = 13,996) enrolled in an international weight-management program and residing in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK, and the US. Participants completed identical online surveys that assessed support for antidiscrimination laws and policies to address weight bullying, demographic characteristics, and personal experiences of weight stigma.
resultsAcross countries, support was high for laws (90%) and policies (92%) to address weight-based bullying, whereas greater between-country variation emerged in support for legislation to address weight-based discrimination in employment (61%, 79%), as a human rights issue (57%), and through existing disability protections (47%). Findings highlight few and inconsistent links between policy support and sociodemographic correlates or experienced or internalized weight stigma.
conclusionsSupport for policies to address weight stigma is present among people engaged in weight management across Westernized countries; findings offer an informative comparison point for future cross-country research and can inform policy discourse to address weight discrimination and bullying.
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