Weight Perception, Weight Stigma Concerns, and Overeating.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Perceiving one's own weight status as being overweight is a likely motivation for weight loss. However, self-perceived overweight status has also been found to be associated with overeating and weight gain. This study examined whether weight stigma concerns explain why individuals who perceive their weight status as overweight are at increased risk of overeating.

Methods

We conducted two survey studies of United States adults (N = 1,236) in which we assessed whether weight stigma concerns explain the cross-sectional relationship between perceived overweight and overeating tendencies.

Results

Across two studies, the cross-sectional relationship between perceived overweight and overeating tendencies was in part explained by weight stigma concerns. Participants

SUBMITTER: Romano E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221161 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature