Open AccessWeight bias and support of public health policies
Author(s) -
Iyoma Y. Edache,
Lisa Kakinami,
Angela S. Alberga
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-020-00471-7
Subject(s) - odds , obesity , public health , logistic regression , psychology , antipathy , social psychology , normal weight , weight gain , weight control , medicine , political science , politics , overweight , body weight , nursing , law
Public health policies have been proposed to help address prevalent Canadian obesity rates. Along with the increase in obesity prevalence, explicit weight bias is also rampant in Western society. This paper aimed to assess the association between explicit weight bias attitudes and Canadian public support of these policy recommendations.