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Qualified and student healthcare professionals in Singapore display explicit weight bias. A cross-sectional survey.
Obes Res Clin Pract
December 2024
Woodlands Health, Yishun Community Hospital, 2 Yishun Central 2 Tower E, 768024, Singapore; Singapore Association for the Study of Obesity, Singapore. Electronic address:
Article Synopsis
- Healthcare professionals in Singapore exhibit weight bias, with a study revealing similar levels of explicit bias among both qualified professionals and students.
- The research analyzed factors such as gender, Body Mass Index (BMI), and ethnicity's effect on weight bias, using surveys to gauge attitudes.
- Results indicated no significant differences in overall weight bias scores based on professional status, but variations were found in attitudes related to BMI, gender, and ethnicity, potentially impacting care for individuals with obesity.
Objective: Commonly used terms like "obese person" have been identified as stigmatizing by those with lived experience. Thus, this study sought to revise a commonly used measure of weight stigmatizing attitudes, the Attitudes Toward Obese Persons (ATOP) scale.
Methods: The original terminology in the 20-item ATOP (e.
Weight bias among Canadians: Associations with sociodemographics, BMI and body image constructs.
Soc Sci Med
August 2024
Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, QC, H4B1R6, Canada. Electronic address:
This cross-sectional study examined the associations between sociodemographic characteristics, BMI, and body image constructs (body satisfaction and weight bias internalization; WBI) and explicit weight bias. A near-representative sample of 995 English-speaking Canadian adults (52% Female) completed a survey which assessed explicit weight bias (Anti-Fat Attitudes questionnaire), body satisfaction (Body Shape Satisfaction Scale), WBI (Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale), and self-reported height and weight. Multiple linear regression analyses were run.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe role of social norms, intergroup contact, and ingroup favoritism in weight stigma.
PLoS One
June 2024
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America.
Although average body size in the U.S. has increased in recent decades, stigma directed at individuals with higher weight has not diminished.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThr92Ala-DIO2 heterozygosity is associated with skeletal muscle mass and myosteatosis in patients with COVID-19.
Eur Thyroid J
August 2024
Post-Graduate Program in Medicine and Health, Medical School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
Introduction: The type 2 deiodinase and its Thr92Ala-DIO2 polymorphism have been linked to clinical outcomes in acute lung injury and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Objective: The objective was to identify a potential association between Thr92Ala-DIO2 polymorphism and body composition (appendicular muscle mass, myosteatosis, and fat distribution) and to determine whether they reflect the severity or mortality associated with the disease.
Methods: In this prospective cohort study (June-August 2020), 181 patients hospitalized with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 underwent a non-contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the thorax to assess body composition, laboratory tests, and genotyping for the Thr92Ala-DIO2 polymorphism.
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