Exploring pathways between internalized weight bias, eating disorder psychopathology, and weight loss expectations in treatment-seeking adults with binge eating and obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Individuals with obesity and binge eating face weight stigma, which can lead to internalized weight bias (IWB), reinforce eating disorder (ED) pathology, and promote unrealistic weight loss expectations (WLE). Greater understanding of pathways between IWB, ED pathology, and WLE could inform interventions to promote healthy WLE and reduce IWB. This study explored pathways through which IWB directly and indirectly relates to eating pathology and WLE in treatment-seeking adults with obesity and recurrent binge eating.

Methods

Participants (N = 199, Mage = 40.3, SD = 14.3) completed the Eating Disorder Examination interview (EDE) and questionnaire (EDE-Q), Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale, and Positive and Negative Affect Scale. WLE were calculated based on par

SUBMITTER: Obleada KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11845428 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature