Sequentially mediated effects of weight-related self-stigma and psychological distress in the association between perceived weight stigma and food addiction among Taiwanese university students: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Huang, Po-Ching, Lee, Chiu-Hsiang, Griffiths, Mark D., O’brien, Kerry S., Lin, Yi-Ching, Gan, Wan Ying, Poon, Wai Chuen, Hung, Ching-Hsia, Lee, Kuo-Hsin, Lin, Chung-Ying
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103179/1/103179.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103179/; https://jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40337-022-00701-y

Background: Weight-related stigma has negative physiological and psychological impacts on individuals’ quality of life. Stigmatized individuals may experience higher psychological distress and therefore increase the potential risk to develop obesity and/or food addiction. The present study examined...