Talking About Weight with Children: Associations with Parental Stigma, Bias, Attitudes, and Child Weight Status
Parents' internalized weight bias-shaped by stigma-fuels weight-focused conversations, especially when children have higher BMI, while antifat attitudes underlie negative comments about others. Interventions should reduce parental internalized bias and train supportive, health-centered communication to curb weight stigma transmission.
Authors
- Răzvan Mircea Cherecheș (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0118-0539)
- Alina Ioana Forray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6373-2482)
- Laura Ioana Gavrilaș (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2376-7346)
- Dumitru Petreuș
- Anca Georgiana Ispas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6980-5253)
- Alexandra Lacurezeanu
Institutions
- Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
- University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca (RO)
- Babeș-Bolyai University (RO)
- Association for Liberty and Equality of Gender (RO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nutrients
- Published
- 2025-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17182920
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.02
Funders
- Fondation Botnar