Ending Weight Stigma to Advance Health Equity

Rebecca L Pearl¹, Laurie Friedman Donze², Lisa G Rosas³, Tanya Agurs-Collins⁴, Monica L Baskin⁵, Jessica Y Breland⁶, Carmen Byker Shanks⁷, Kristen Cooksey Stowers⁸, Shaneeta Johnson⁹, Bruce Y Lee¹⁰, Michelle Y Martin¹¹, Priscah Mujuru¹², Angela Odoms-Young¹³, Emily Panza¹⁴, Nicolaas P Pronk¹⁵, Kesha Calicutt¹⁶, Joe Nadglowski¹⁶, Patricia M Nece¹⁶, Michele Tedder¹⁷, Lisa S Chow¹⁸, Harini Krishnamurti¹⁹, Melanie Jay²⁰, Dan Xi²¹, Ania M Jastreboff²², Fatima Cody Stanford²³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Electronic address: rebecca.pearl@ufl.edu.
² National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
⁴ Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.
⁷ Center for Nutrition & Health Impact, Omaha, Nebraska.
⁸ Department of Allied Health Science and Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut.
⁹ Department of Surgery and Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
¹⁰ Public Health Computational and Operation Research (PHICOR), Artificial Intelligence, Modeling, and Informatics, for Nutrition Guidance and Systems (AIMINGS) Center, and CATCH (Center for Advanced Technology and Communication in Health), City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, New York.
¹¹ Center for Innovation in Health Equity Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
¹² National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Bethesda, Maryland.
¹³ Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
¹⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
¹⁵ HealthPartners Institute, Bloomington, Minnesota.
¹⁶ Obesity Action Coalition, Tampa, Florida.
¹⁷ Black Women's Health Imperative, Washington, District of Columbia.
¹⁸ Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
¹⁹ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
²⁰ NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Population Health, and Veterans Affairs, New York, New York.
²¹ Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
²² Department of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Pediatrics (Endocrinology), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
²³ Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH Weight Center, Department of Medicine-Division of Endocrinology-Neuroendocrine, Department of Pediatrics-Division of Endocrinology, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH), Boston, MA.

PMID: 38945180
PMCID: PMC12023746 (available on 2025-11-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.06.021

Ending Weight Stigma to Advance Health Equity

Rebecca L Pearl et al. Am J Prev Med. 2024 Nov.

. 2024 Nov;67(5):785-791.

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.06.021. Epub 2024 Jun 28.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Electronic address: rebecca.pearl@ufl.edu.
² National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
⁴ Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.
⁷ Center for Nutrition & Health Impact, Omaha, Nebraska.
⁸ Department of Allied Health Science and Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut.
⁹ Department of Surgery and Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
¹⁰ Public Health Computational and Operation Research (PHICOR), Artificial Intelligence, Modeling, and Informatics, for Nutrition Guidance and Systems (AIMINGS) Center, and CATCH (Center for Advanced Technology and Communication in Health), City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, New York.
¹¹ Center for Innovation in Health Equity Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
¹² National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Bethesda, Maryland.
¹³ Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
¹⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
¹⁵ HealthPartners Institute, Bloomington, Minnesota.
¹⁶ Obesity Action Coalition, Tampa, Florida.
¹⁷ Black Women's Health Imperative, Washington, District of Columbia.
¹⁸ Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
¹⁹ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
²⁰ NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Population Health, and Veterans Affairs, New York, New York.
²¹ Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
²² Department of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Pediatrics (Endocrinology), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
²³ Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH Weight Center, Department of Medicine-Division of Endocrinology-Neuroendocrine, Department of Pediatrics-Division of Endocrinology, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH), Boston, MA.

PMID: 38945180
PMCID: PMC12023746 (available on 2025-11-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.06.021

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