Psychology & Psychiatry
Body shape, beyond weight, drives fat stigma for women
A woman's body shape—not only the amount of fat—is what drives stigma associated with overweight and obesity.
Feb 17, 2021
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Addiction
Medical terms for opioid addiction don't always reduce stigma, study finds
Opioid addiction is persistently stigmatized, delaying and preventing treatment for many—an urgent problem with overdose deaths continuing to rise. To help alleviate this, various medical ways of describing opioid-related ...
Jan 21, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Shame and pain: Lung cancer's stigma exerts psychic and physical toll
Lung cancer kills more than 150,000 Americans each year, accounting for a quarter of all cancer deaths, and remains the nation's No. 1 cancer killer. Though few survive it—just 4.5% to 8% remain alive the five years following ...
Jan 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
They survived COVID-19, then faced stigma
From the moment in January when she first heard about the new coronavirus, Suzanne Kathro worried about catching it. In mid-August, she did.
Sep 24, 2020
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Overweight & Obesity
Weight stigma predicts emotional distress and binge eating during COVID-19
Links between obesity and complications of COVID-19 have received increasing attention throughout the ongoing pandemic. But a different aspect of body weight—the social stigma that people face because of their weight—may ...
Sep 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Shame and fear: Lessons to learn as COVID-19 collides with a growing HIV epidemic in Indonesia
The nation with the world's fourth-largest population, Indonesia, has become a target of criticism for its poor COVID-19 mitigation response that "does not value policy advice from external experts". This has contributed ...
Aug 27, 2020
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Overweight & Obesity
New guidelines aim to reduce obesity stigma in health care
The 2019 report from Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam focused on addressing different forms of stigma. Included in the report was one form of stigma—obesity or weight stigma—that has proven remarkably ...
Aug 6, 2020
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Health
Stigma prevalent toward sex workers and people who inject drugs, according to new study
Priority groups at risk of blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections still likely to experience negative behaviour from the general public and in healthcare settings.
Jun 12, 2020
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Overweight & Obesity
Scientific community pledges to end obesity stigma
Coinciding with World Obesity Day, over 100 medical and scientific organisations have today pledged their support for a consensus statement that recognises unscientific public narratives of obesity as a major cause of weight ...
Mar 3, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People with obesity who experience self-directed weight shaming benefit from intervention
People with obesity are often treated with less respect than other people, discriminated against, and socially devalued because of their weight. This societal stigma can sometimes be internalized, leading individuals with ...
Jan 24, 2020
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