Relationship Between Weight Bias Internalization and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adolescents Seeking Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Weight bias internalization (WBI) negatively effects health outcomes in people with obesity. Little is known about how these experiences relate to quality of life and vary in racially/ethnically diverse adolescents with severe obesity. Associations between WBI and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) by race/ethnicity among a sample of adolescents seeking metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) were examined in this analysis.

Methods

In this single-site cross-sectional study of adolescents seeking MBS (NCT05393570, March 2022 to October 2024), WBI was measured using the 11-item weight bias internalization scale and HRQOL by the standardized HRQOL scale. Race/ethnic group differences were evaluated by univariate/multivariable linear regression analysis. Multivariab

SUBMITTER: Wheelington A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11906574 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature