Weight stigma refers to negative attitudes, stereotypes, and discriminatory behavior directed at people because of their body size, most often toward individuals in larger bodies. Common stereotypes ...

Weight-related teasing from family members is common among adolescents, and new research from UConn's Rudd Center for Food ...

Woman standing on a scale. (Photo by: Joan Slatkin/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) A recent Lancet study of 4060 individuals reported that the pressure to lose weight from family and the ...

People living with HIV reported feeling inferiority due to HIV and gloomy feelings during the COVID-19 pandemic, as researchers linked internalized HIV stigma to depressive symptoms. Mental health ...

People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, people who are not heterosexual, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, are most at risk of ...

Mental health stigma is a widespread issue that affects everyone, regardless of their background. This can include the negative attitudes and beliefs we hold towards ourselves, as well as the ones ...

Women with chronic pelvic pain with high levels of both pain and gender-related stigma have the most adverse pain and psychologic profiles.

Physical activity was not a mediating factor in the association between internalized weight stigma reduction and weight loss. The addition of a weight stigma intervention to a behavioral weight loss ...

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More than 5 million Americans are living with permanent TBI-related disability related to traumatic brain injury, which can severely impact quality of life. Unfortunately, people with TBI are often ...