The relationship between internalised weight bias and biopsychosocial outcomes in children and youth: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To synthesise the evidence on the relationships between internalised weight bias (IWB) and biopsychosocial health outcomes in individuals ≤ 25 years.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted by searching five scientific databases up to May 2022 to retrieve studies that investigated associations between IWB and biopsychosocial outcomes. Articles with participants ≤ 25 years, at least one validated measure of IWB, one measure of a biopsychosocial outcome, and were observational were included. Excluded articles involved systematic literature reviews, case study reports, intervention studies, meta-analyses, grey literature, pilot, and feasibility studies. Quality assessment was carried out using the American Dietetic Association Quality Criteria Checklist. The protoco

SUBMITTER: Foster T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941429 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature