Author(s): Nutter S; Waugh R; McEachran E; Toor A; Shelley J; Alberga AS; Forhan M; Kirk SF; Nagpal TS; Patton I; Ramos Salas X; Russell-Mayhew S;

Weight stigma negatively impacts people with higher weights across the lifespan as well as social contexts and can lead to weight discrimination. As weight is not a protected identity in Canadian human rights legislation, it is important to better understand how weight discrimination is being arg ...

Article GUID: 41029703

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 organization, and, from 2017, required all authors to use person-first language in abstract submission ...

Article GUID: 35071667