The roles of experienced and internalized weight stigma in healthcare experiences: Perspectives of adults engaged in weight management across six countries.

<h4>Background/objectives</h4>Considerable evidence from U.S. studies suggests that weight stigma is consequential for patient-provider interactions and healthcare for people with high body weight. Despite international calls for efforts to reduce weight stigma in the medical community,...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Rebecca M Puhl, Leah M Lessard, Mary S Himmelstein, Gary D Foster
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251566