Weight bias in 2001 versus 2013: Contradictory attitudes among obesity researchers and health professionals
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Objectives: To assess levels of two types of anti‐fat bias in obesity specialists, explicit bias, or consciously accessible anti‐fat attitudes, and implicit bias, or attitudes that are activated outside of conscious awareness, were examined. This study also assessed changes over time by comparing levels of bias in 2013 to published data from 2001. Methods: In 232 attendees at the ObesityWeek 2013 conference, we measured explicit anti‐fat bias and conducted the Implicit Association Test. These data were compared to those from a study conducted at the 2001 meeting of this group. Results: Participants exhibited significant implicit and explicit anti‐fat/pro‐thin bias. Positivity of professional experience with obesity, but not type of professional experience, was correlated with lower explicit anti‐fat bias. Compared to 2001, the 2013 sample had lower levels of implicit bias and higher levels of explicit bias. Conclusions: Although implicit anti‐fat attitudes appeared to decrease from 2001 to 2013, explicit anti‐fat attitudes increased. Future research should examine whether increasing positive experiences with obese patients reduces anti‐fat bias among health professionals. Together, these results suggest that despite the current climate of widespread anti‐fat bias, there are pathways toward understanding and ameliorating this bias.
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- Authors
- Tomiyama, A. J., Finch, L. E., Belsky, A. C. I., Buss, J., Finley, C., Schwartz, M. B., & Daubenmier, J.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Department of Psychology University of California Los Angeles California USA
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Cooper Institute (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tomiyama, A. Janet
- Venue
- Obesity
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-10-08
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 46-53
- ISSN
- 1930-7381 (ISSN-L)
- 1930-739X
- OpenAlex
- W1495352230
- Cited by
- 199
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 51 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 13
- FWCI
- 29.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Obesity (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- weight bias, anti-fat bias, implicit bias, explicit bias, healthcare workers, Implicit Association Test, attitudes toward obesity
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attitude, Awareness, Body Weight, Female, Health Personnel, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Perception, Prejudice, Research Personnel, Self Concept
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