{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Vacca M"],"funding":["Italian Department for Family Policies under the Presidency of the Council of Ministers"],"pagination":["1208"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12468586"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(9)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background/objectives</h4>Weight-based stigma represents a pervasive psychosocial challenge affecting youth worldwide, with significant implications for mental and physical health. Although school-based interventions have been suggested as effective strategies to reduce weight bias, evidence regarding their content and efficacy in real-world educational contexts remains limited. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based intervention designed to reduce internalized weight stigma among Italian adolescents.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 539 secondary school students (Mage = 15.91 years; SD = 1.38; 51.5% males) from 10 schools in Italy were randomly assigned to either an intervention group (61.2%, <i>n</i> = 330) receiving the program or a minimal intervention con"],"journal":["Children (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["A School-Based Intervention Program to Reduce Weight Stigma in Adolescents."],"pmcid":["PMC12468586"],"funding_grant_id":["CUP B85F21003150001"],"pubmed_authors":["Mocini E","Cerolini S","Zegretti A","Zagaria A","Vacca M","Lombardo C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A School-Based Intervention Program to Reduce Weight Stigma in Adolescents.","description":"<h4>Background/objectives</h4>Weight-based stigma represents a pervasive psychosocial challenge affecting youth worldwide, with significant implications for mental and physical health. Although school-based interventions have been suggested as effective strategies to reduce weight bias, evidence regarding their content and efficacy in real-world educational contexts remains limited. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based intervention designed to reduce internalized weight stigma among Italian adolescents.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 539 secondary school students (Mage = 15.91 years; SD = 1.38; 51.5% males) from 10 schools in Italy were randomly assigned to either an intervention group (61.2%, <i>n</i> = 330) receiving the program or a minimal intervention con","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Sep","modification":"2026-05-02T03:19:04.012Z","creation":"2026-05-02T03:11:32.01Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12468586","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41007079"],"doi":["10.3390/children12091208"]}}