Author(s): Côté M; Forouhar V; Edache IY; Alberga AS;
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-spea ...
Article GUID: 38964079
Author(s): Wilson OWA; Nutter S; Russell-Mayhew S; Ellard JH; Alberga AS; MacInnis CC;
Background: The words used to refer to weight and individuals with large bodies can be used to reinforce weight stigma. Given that most previous research has examined preferred terminology within homogenous groups, this research sought to examine terminolog ...
Article GUID: 38131299
Author(s): Hastings C; French M; McClelland A; Mykhalovskiy E; Adam B; Bisaillon L; Bogosavljevic K; Gagnon M; Greene S; Guta A; Hindmarch S; Kaida A; ...
The criminalization of HIV non-disclosure represents a significant issue of concern among people living with HIV, those working across the HIV sector, public health practitioners, and health and hu ...
Article GUID: 38087186
Author(s): Orabi MAA; Orabi EA; Awadh AAA; Alshahrani MM; Abdel-Wahab BA; Sakagami H; Hatano T;
Polyphenols have a variety of phenolic hydroxyl and carbonyl functionalities that enable them to scavenge many oxidants, thereby preserving the human redox balance and preventing a number of oxidative stress-related chronic degenerative diseases. In our ong ...
Article GUID: 38001804
Author(s): Vida Forouhar
CONCLUSIONS: Weight bias internalization is prevalent among Canadians across all body weight statuses, and the public endorses behavioural causes of obesity, namely physical inactivity and overeating, more than its other causes. Findings warrant the reinfor ...
Article GUID: 37620795
Author(s): Levy M; Forouhar V; Edache IY; Alberga AS;
Introduction: Weight discrimination of individuals with overweight or obesity is associated with adverse mental and physical health. Weight discrimination is prevalent in many sectors such as within workplaces, where individuals with overweight and obesity ...
Article GUID: 37139379
Author(s): Morton Ninomiya ME; Almomani Y; Dunbar Winsor K; Burns N; Harding KD; Ropson M; Chaves D; Wolfson L; ...
Alcohol is legalized and used for a variety of reasons, including socially or as self-medication for trauma in the absence of accessible and safe supports. Trauma-informed approaches can help addre ...
Article GUID: 36744547
Author(s): Nagpal TS; Salas XR; Vallis M; Piccinini-Vallis H; Alberga AS; Bell RC; da Silva DF; Davenport MH; Gaudet L; Rodriguez ACI; Liu RH; Myre M; ...
Background: Recent research has shown that pregnant individuals experience weight stigma throughout gestation, including negative comments and judgement associated with gestational weight gain (GWG ...
Article GUID: 35906530
Author(s): Kirk SF; Forhan M; Yusuf J; Chance A; Burke K; Blinn N; Quirke S; Salas XR; Alberga A; Russell-Mayhew S; ...
Background: Stigmatization of persons living with obesity is an important public health issue. In 2015, Obesity Canada adopted person-first language in all internal documentation produced by the or ...
Article GUID: 35071667
Author(s): Najmeh Khalili-Mahani
The value of understanding patients' illness experience and social contexts for advancing medicine and clinical care is widely acknowledged. However, methodologies for rigorous and inclusive data gathering and integrative analysis of biomedical, cultura ...
Article GUID: 34975566
Author(s): Edache IY; Kakinami L; Alberga AS;
Objectives: Public health policies have been proposed to help address prevalent Canadian obesity rates. Along with the increase in obesity prevalence, explicit weight bias is also rampant in Western society. This paper aimed to assess the association betwee ...
Article GUID: 33990876
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