Coming Soon: An Internalized Weight Bias Assessment Scale for Use During Pregnancy

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Obesity Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁵ Departments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁶ Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
⁷ Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁸ Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Psychological & Cognitive Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
¹¹ Women's College Hospital Institute of Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹² Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹³ Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁴ Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁵ Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

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Taniya S Nagpal et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 May.

. 2021 May;29(5):788-789.

doi: 10.1002/oby.23169. Epub 2021 Apr 1.

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Obesity Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁵ Departments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁶ Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
⁷ Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁸ Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Psychological & Cognitive Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
¹¹ Women's College Hospital Institute of Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹² Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹³ Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁴ Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁵ Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

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The Relationship Between Internalized Weight Stigma During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.
Dieterich R, Chang J, Danford C, Scott PW, Wend C, Demirci J. Dieterich R, et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 May;29(5):919-927. doi: 10.1002/oby.23139. Epub 2021 Apr 4. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021. PMID: 33817987

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