Flint, Stuart W;
Sozza, Paula V;
Brown, Adrian;
(2025)
Addressing weight stigma and communicating with patients.
Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
, 70
(1)
, Article e250335. 10.20945/2359-4292-2025-0335.
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Abstract
Substantial evidence highlights the pervasive nature of weight stigma, reported by people of all ages and backgrounds. Weight stigma is experienced across the life course and in many settings across society. These harmful experiences may include verbal and physical behaviours, with long-lasting effects on mental and physical health. They may also impact the patient-practitioner when weight stigma is experienced in a healthcare setting, as well as reducing health seeking behaviour and avoidance of healthcare. It is therefore essential that weight stigma in healthcare is addressed given the important implications of these experiences in this setting, Interventions need to be longer term and given the widespread nature of weight stigma, change is needed throughout society from policy to practice. Thus, a whole system approach to weight stigma is needed to address the entrenched and often robust nature of weight stigma attitudes.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Addressing weight stigma and communicating with patients |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.20945/2359-4292-2025-0335 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.20945/2359-4292-2025-0335 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2025. Original content in this paper is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Weight stigma, weight bias, healthcare, health policy, health communication |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10218681 |
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