Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity.
Rubino Francesco, Puhl Rebecca M, Cummings David E, Eckel Robert H, Ryan Donna H, Mechanick Jeffrey I, Nadglowski Joe, Ramos Salas Ximena, Schauer Phillip R, Twenefour Douglas, Apovian Caroline M, Aronne Louis J, Batterham Rachel L, Berthoud Hans-Rudolph, Boza Camilo, Busetto Luca, Dicker Dror, De Groot Mary, Eisenberg Daniel, Flint Stuart W, Huang Terry T, Kaplan Lee M, Kirwan John P, Korner Judith, Kyle Ted K, Laferrère Blandine, le Roux Carel W, McIver LaShawn, Mingrone Geltrude, Nece Patricia, Reid Tirissa J, Rogers Ann M, Rosenbaum Michael, Seeley Randy J, Torres Antonio J, Dixon John B
Nature medicine · 2020 · PMID 32127716 · 인용 1.1k
People with obesity commonly face a pervasive, resilient form of social stigma. They are often subject to discrimination in the workplace as well as in educational and healthcare settings. Research indicates that weight stigma can cause physical and psychological harm, and that affected individuals are less likely to receive adequate care.
For these reasons, weight stigma damages health, undermines human and social rights, and is unacceptable in modern societies. To inform healthcare professionals, policymakers, and the public about this issue, a multidisciplinary group of international experts, including representatives of scientific organizations, reviewed available evidence on the causes and harms of weight stigma and, using a modified Delphi process, developed a joint consensus statement with recommendations to eliminate weight bias. Academic institutions, professional organizations, media, public-health authorities, and governments should encourage education about weight stigma to facilitate a new public narrative about obesity, coherent with modern scientific knowledge.