Association Between Weight Stigma Experiences in Healthcare and Self‐Reported Healthcare Avoidance in a National Sample
To reduce healthcare avoidance due to weight stigma, all aspects-the physical examination, communication, overall experiences and the built environment-need to be addressed. Reducing the overall number of negative experiences and reducing weight stigma experiences during physical examination may be especially important to reduce healthcare avoidance.
Authors
- Helena H. Laroche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3708-5207)
- Kathleen M. Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5697-6323)
- Aaron M. Scherer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4134-9300)
- Michelle A. Mengeling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0337-9215)
- Alithea N. Zorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4008-0618)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- Children's Mercy Hospital (US)
- Iowa City VA Health Care System (US)
- Iowa Policy Project (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obesity Science & Practice
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.70095
- Primary Topic
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health