Weight discrimination and unhealthy eating-related behaviors
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Individuals with obesity often experience unfair treatment because of their body weight. Such experiences are associated with binge eating, but less is known about its association with other eating-related behaviors and whether these relations are specific to discrimination based on weight or extend to other attributions for discrimination. The present research uses a large national sample (N = 5129) to examine whether weight discrimination is associated with diet and meal rhythmicity, in addition to overeating, and whether these associations generalize to nine other attributions for discrimination. We found that in addition to overeating, weight discrimination was associated with more frequent consumption of convenience foods and less regular meal timing. These associations were generally similar across sex, age, and race. Discrimination based on ancestry, gender, age, religion, and physical disability were also associated with overeating, which suggests that overeating may be a general coping response to discrimination. Unfair treatment because of body weight is associated with unhealthy eating-related behaviors, which may be one pathway through which weight discrimination increases risk for weight gain and obesity.
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In a large national sample (n = 5129), weight discrimination was associated with overeating, specifically convenience foods, and less regular meal timing.
“In a large national sample (n = 5129), weight discrimination was associated with overeating (specifically convenience foods) and less regular meal timing [206].”
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- Authors
- Sutin, A., Robinson, E., Daly, M., & Terracciano, A.
- Affiliations
- Florida State University (US)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Corresponding author
- Sutin, Angelina
- Venue
- Appetite
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-07
- Volume
- 102
- Pages
- 83-89
- ISSN
- 0195-6663 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4866877
- OpenAlex
- W2287334192
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 6
- FWCI
- 15.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Appetite (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Funders
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Heath and Human Development (1R15HD083947)
- Florida State University Council
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- weight discrimination, obesity, binge eating, overeating, convenience foods, meal timing, dietary habits, coping with discrimination, weight stigma, weight gain
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Diet, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Hyperphagia, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Nutrition Surveys, Obesity, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Risk, United States, Body Mass Index, Internet, Overweight, Young Adult, Fast Foods, Social Stigma, Social Discrimination
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