Opportunities to advance research, intervention, and policy on stigma, eating disorders, and body image

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville, FL, USA. rebecca.pearl@phhp.ufl.edu.
² Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia.
⁴ Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences and Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.

Editorial

Rebecca L Pearl et al. J Eat Disord. 2023.

. 2023 Aug 8;11(1):132.

doi: 10.1186/s40337-023-00857-1.

¹ Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville, FL, USA. rebecca.pearl@phhp.ufl.edu.
² Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia.
⁴ Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences and Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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