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Interpersonal Weight Stigma

Interpersonal Weight Stigma is a form of weight-based discrimination characterized by negative attitudes, behaviors, and judgments directed toward individuals because of their body weight, as enacted by other individuals in social interactions.

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Confronting and Coping with Weight Stigma: An Investigation of Overweight and Obese Adults

Rebecca M. Puhl, Kelly D. Brownell · Obesity · 2006 · 1K citations · Full text

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Is Obesity Stigmatizing? Body Weight, Perceived Discrimination, and Psychological Well-Being in the United States

Deborah Carr, Michael Friedman · Journal of Health and Social Behavior · 2005 · 722 citations

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The Stigma of Obesity: The Consequences of Naive Assumptions Concerning the Causes of Physical Deviance

Willaim DeJong · Journal of Health and Social Behavior · 1980 · 392 citations

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Weight stigmatization and bias reduction: perspectives of overweight and obese adults

Rebecca M. Puhl, Corinne A. Moss‐Racusin, Marlene B. Schwartz et al. · Health Education Research · 2007 · 385 citations · Full text

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Weight-related attitudes and behaviors of black women

Shiriki Kumanyika, Judy F Wilson, Marsha Guilford-Davenport · Journal of the American Dietetic Association · 1993 · 380 citations

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Authors

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  1. RM
    Rebecca M. Puhl

    University of Connecticut, United States

    10 publications · 2K citations

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  2. MS
    Mary S. Himmelstein

    University of Connecticut, United States

    4 publications · 327 citations

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  3. MR
    Michelle R. Hebl

    Rice University, United States

    4 publications · 580 citations

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  4. RL
    Rebecca L. Pearl

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    4 publications · 195 citations

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  5. TA
    Thomas A. Wadden

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    3 publications · 131 citations

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Institutions

195

  1. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    664 citations

  2. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    849 citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    6 h-index

    21 publications

    940 citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    4.5K citations

  5. Rice University

    Houston, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    4 h-index

    18 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    934 citations

  8. Minnesota Department of Health

    Saint Paul, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    981 citations

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  1. Body Image

    8 publications · 397 citations

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  2. Obesity

    6 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. Obesity Facts

    5 publications · 249 citations

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  4. Stigma and Health

    4 publications · 108 citations

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  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    4 publications · 291 citations

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