Disparities in Access and Quality of Obesity Care
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Obesity is a chronic disease and a significant public health threat predicated on complex genetic, psychological, and environmental factors. Individuals with higher body mass index are more likely to avoid health care due to weight stigma. Disparities in obesity care disproportionately impact racial and ethnic minorities. In addition to this unequal disease burden, access to obesity treatment varies significantly. Even if treatment options are theoretically productive, they may be more difficult for low-income families, and racial and ethnic minorities to implement in practice secondary to socioeconomic factors. Lastly, the outcomes of undertreatment are significant. Disparities in obesity foreshadow integral inequality in health outcomes, including disability, and premature mortality.
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Disparities in poor nutrition and obesity prevalence are mirrored in disparities in access to quality health care.
“and disparities in poor nutrition and obesity prevalence are mirrored in disparities in access to quality health care [235].”
Poor nutrition and obesity disproportionately affect individuals with lower socioeconomic status in rural communities and in racial and ethnic minoritized populations, and disparities in poor nutrition and obesity prevalence are mirrored in disparities in access to quality health care.
“Poor nutrition and obesity disproportionately affect individuals with lower socioeconomic status in rural communities and in racial and ethnic minoritized populations [226], and disparities in poor nutrition and obesity prevalence are mirrored in disparities in access to quality health care [227].”
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- Authors
- Washington, T. B., Johnson, V. R., Kendrick, K., Ibrahim, A. A., Tu, L., Sun, K., & Stanford, F. C.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Boston University (US)
- Venue
- Gastroenterology Clinics of North America
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-06
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 429-441
- ISSN
- 0889-8553 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10198472
- OpenAlex
- W4362705553
- Cited by
- 141
- References
- 93
- Citations by year
- 2026: 33 · 2025: 71 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 7.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- Locations
- Gastroenterology Clinics of North America (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (L30 DK118710, P30 DK040561)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Keywords
- obesity, health disparities, quality of care, weight stigma, racial and ethnic minorities, socioeconomic factors, undertreatment, low-income populations, chronic disease, premature mortality, disability
- MeSH terms
- Chronic Disease, Delivery of Health Care, Humans, Obesity, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Body Mass Index
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