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Weight Stigma Mediates the Association Between BMI and Self-Reported Health by Hunger, Jeffrey M., Major, Brenda

“…Objective: Weight stigma is pervasive in the United States. We tested the hypothesis that stigma may be a mechanism through which obesity negatively affects…”
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The ironic effects of weight stigma by Major, Brenda, Hunger, Jeffrey M., Bunyan, Debra P., Miller, Carol T.

“…America's war on obesity has intensified stigmatization of overweight and obese individuals. This experiment tested the prediction that exposure to…”
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Weight stigma and health behaviors: evidence from the Eating in America Study by Lee, Kristen M., Hunger, Jeffrey M., Tomiyama, A. Janet

“…Background Weight stigma is pervasive across the U.S. and is associated with poor health outcomes including all-cause mortality. One potential reason that…”
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Weighed Down by Stigma: How Weight-Based Social Identity Threat Contributes to Weight Gain and Poor Health by Hunger, Jeffrey M., Major, Brenda, Blodorn, Alison, Miller, Carol T.

“…Weight stigma is pervasive, and a number of scholars argue that this profound stigma contributes to the negative effects of weight on psychological and…”
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Weight Labeling and Disordered Eating Among Adolescent Girls: Longitudinal Evidence From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study by Hunger, Jeffrey M., Tomiyama, A. Janet

“…Weight stigma is implicated in disordered eating, but much of this research focuses on forms of stigma such as weight-based teasing. In a large cohort of…”
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Weight labeling and obesity: a longitudinal study of girls aged 10 to 19 years by Hunger, Jeffrey M, Tomiyama, A Janet

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An Evidence‐Based Rationale for Adopting Weight‐Inclusive Health Policy by Hunger, Jeffrey M., Smith, Joslyn P., Tomiyama, A. Janet

“…Health policies routinely emphasize weight loss as a target for health promotion. These policies rest upon the assumptions: (1) that higher body weight equals…”
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The Countervailing Effects of Weight Stigma on Weight-Loss Motivation and Perceived Capacity for Weight Control by Major, Brenda, Rathbone, Joanne A., Blodorn, Alison, Hunger, Jeffrey M.

“…We hypothesized that exposure to weight stigma simultaneously increases motivation to lose or avoid gaining weight to avoid future stigma and decreases…”
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Weight discrimination, anticipated weight stigma, and disordered eating by Hunger, Jeffrey M., Dodd, Dorian R., Smith, April R.

“…Weight discrimination is a well-established risk factor for disordered eating cognitions and behaviors. However, little is known about what may account for…”
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A systematic review of weight stigma and disordered eating cognitions and behaviors by Levinson, Jordan A., Kinkel-Ram, Shruti, Myers, Bethany, Hunger, Jeffrey M.

“…Weight stigma is persistent across contexts and is associated with disordered eating cognitions and behaviors. This systematic review aimed to examine the…”
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Weight as a social identity: Theoretical and empirical advances by Hunger, Jeffrey M., Brochu, Paula M.

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Ecological Momentary Assessment of Weight Stigma and Eating Behavior in Everyday Life by Hunger, Jeffrey M, Montoya, Amanda K, Edrosolan, Kristienne, Tan, Juanyi, Hubbard, Anne S, Tomiyama, A Janet

“…Weight stigma is widespread, but the existing literature on its harmful consequences remains largely limited to lab-based experiments and large-scale…”
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Friends don’t let friends eat cookies: Effects of restrictive eating norms on consumption among friends by Howland, Maryhope, Hunger, Jeffrey M., Mann, Traci

“…► Eating norms can be experimentally manipulated within existing relationships. ► Counter to previous research, friends’ influence can cause less consumption…”
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The psychological and physiological effects of interacting with an anti-fat peer by Hunger, Jeffrey M., Blodorn, Alison, Miller, Carol T., Major, Brenda

“…•Interacting with an anti-fat peer heightens anticipated rejection in heavier women.•Anticipated rejection is associated with worse cognitive and psychological…”
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Social class stigma and poorer health behaviors: Evidence from the eating in America study by Figueroa, David G., Parker, Jordan E., Hunger, Jeffrey M., Kraus, Michael W., Muscatell, Keely A., Tomiyama, A. Janet

“…Although the association between objective markers of low socioeconomic status (SES) and poor health is well established, one underexamined possibility is that…”
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Applying Intergroup Relations Research to Understanding LGB Health Disparities by Ryan, William S., Hunger, Jeffrey M., Major, Brenda

“…This article describes how intergroup processes and stigma contribute to pervasive health disparities that exist between LGB and heterosexual individuals. In…”
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Examining the Relation Between Discrimination and Suicide Among Black Americans: The Role of Social Pain Minimization and Decreased Bodily Trust by Kinkel-Ram, Shruti S., Kunstman, Jonathan, Hunger, Jeffrey M., Smith, April

“…Despite robust associations between discrimination and suicidality, the mechanisms underlying this relationship are poorly understood (Gomez et al., Journal of…”
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Weight-Inclusive Approaches to Nutrition and Dietetics: A Needed Paradigm Shift by Levinson, Jordan A., Clifford, Dawn, Laing, Emma M., Harris, Cristen L., Slagel, Nicholas, Squires, Nikole D., Hunger, Jeffrey M.

“…This Perspective article encourages the field of nutrition and dietetics to move away from a weight-centric paradigm that emphasizes weight loss and weight…”
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Unsupported and Stigmatized? The Association Between Relationship Status and Well-Being Is Mediated by Social Support and Social Discrimination by Girme, Yuthika U., Sibley, Chris G., Hadden, Benjamin W., Schmitt, Michael T., Hunger, Jeffrey M.

“…Single adults, on average, experience worse well-being compared to coupled adults. But why? The current research bridged interpersonal and intergroup…”
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A Call to Shift the Public Health Focus Away From Weight by Hunger, Jeffrey M, Tomiyama, A Janet

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