TY - JOUR
T1 - Weight stigma in Australia
T2 - a public health call to action
AU - Lawrence, Blake
AU - de la Piedad Garcia, Xochitl
AU - Kite, James
AU - Hill, Briony
AU - Cooper, Kelly
AU - Flint, Stuart W.
AU - Dixon, John B
N1 - Funding Information:
SF reports research grants and support for attending academic meetings from Johnson & Johnson and Novo Nordisk, research grants from Public Health England, and honoraria from Public Health England and the Royal College of General Practitioners outside the submitted work. JD reports consultancies with Novo Nordisk, Reshape Lifescience, Nestle Health Science, and NHMRC research grants all outside the submitted work.
Funding Information:
BH is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship (GNT1120477).
Funding Information:
BH is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship (GNT1120477). This paper is part of a special issue of the journal focusing on obesity prevention, which has been produced in partnership with the Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, with support from VicHealth.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Lawrence et al.
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - People living with obesity experience weight stigma in most social settings. This has a negative impact on their health and quality of life. A primary contributor to weight stigma is the misconception that obesity is caused by factors solely within an individual’s control. However, this disregards the complex and multifaceted nature of obesity. Weight stigma is perpetuated by the media, healthcare practitioners and researchers, and even public health campaigns and policies designed to help people living with obesity. This perspective article is a public health call to action to address weight stigma in Australia. We provide key recommendations for public health researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.
AB - People living with obesity experience weight stigma in most social settings. This has a negative impact on their health and quality of life. A primary contributor to weight stigma is the misconception that obesity is caused by factors solely within an individual’s control. However, this disregards the complex and multifaceted nature of obesity. Weight stigma is perpetuated by the media, healthcare practitioners and researchers, and even public health campaigns and policies designed to help people living with obesity. This perspective article is a public health call to action to address weight stigma in Australia. We provide key recommendations for public health researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139671629&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.17061/phrp3232224
DO - 10.17061/phrp3232224
M3 - Article
C2 - 36220560
AN - SCOPUS:85139671629
SN - 2204-2091
VL - 32
JO - Public Health Research and Practice
JF - Public Health Research and Practice
IS - 3
M1 - e3232224
ER -
