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Effect of Weight Self-Stigma on Quality of Life and Dietary Habits among Adult Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Weight self-stigma (WSS) is a personal experience of negative self-evaluations, perceived discrimination, and shame about body weight. Studies suggested that WSS could negatively affect quality of life, eating behavior, and psychological outcomes. WSS has been linked with a number of obesogenic heal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10298510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37372872 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11121754 |
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author | Aladel, Alanoud Dakhakhni, Badeeah Almuhtadi, Yara Alsheweir, Azzah Aljammaz, Sadeem |
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description | Weight self-stigma (WSS) is a personal experience of negative self-evaluations, perceived discrimination, and shame about body weight. Studies suggested that WSS could negatively affect quality of life, eating behavior, and psychological outcomes. WSS has been linked with a number of obesogenic health outcomes that complicate weight loss interventions. Thus, this study aimed to examine the effect of WSS on the quality of life and dietary habits among adult students. A sample of 385 students from Riyadh universities participated in this cross-sectional study and completed three online questionnaires: the WSS questionnaire, the WHO quality of life questionnaire, and a dietary habit questionnaire. The average age of participants was 24 ± 6.74, and the majority were female (78.4%). Results demonstrated a negative association between all QOL domains and WSS (p < 0.001). Moreover, higher BMI is associated with increased self-devaluation and fear of enacted stigma (p < 0.001). There was also a negative link between both quality and quantity of food with WSS (p < 0.01). No significant difference was seen in study outcomes concerning gender. The findings of this study suggest the importance of increasing awareness about the negative impact of WSS and developing social policies to prevent or decrease it. Additionally, multidisciplinary teams, especially dietitians, should be more aware of WSS when dealing with overweight and obese individuals. |
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spelling | pubmed-102985102023-06-28 Effect of Weight Self-Stigma on Quality of Life and Dietary Habits among Adult Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Aladel, Alanoud Dakhakhni, Badeeah Almuhtadi, Yara Alsheweir, Azzah Aljammaz, Sadeem Healthcare (Basel) Article Weight self-stigma (WSS) is a personal experience of negative self-evaluations, perceived discrimination, and shame about body weight. Studies suggested that WSS could negatively affect quality of life, eating behavior, and psychological outcomes. WSS has been linked with a number of obesogenic health outcomes that complicate weight loss interventions. Thus, this study aimed to examine the effect of WSS on the quality of life and dietary habits among adult students. A sample of 385 students from Riyadh universities participated in this cross-sectional study and completed three online questionnaires: the WSS questionnaire, the WHO quality of life questionnaire, and a dietary habit questionnaire. The average age of participants was 24 ± 6.74, and the majority were female (78.4%). Results demonstrated a negative association between all QOL domains and WSS (p < 0.001). Moreover, higher BMI is associated with increased self-devaluation and fear of enacted stigma (p < 0.001). There was also a negative link between both quality and quantity of food with WSS (p < 0.01). No significant difference was seen in study outcomes concerning gender. The findings of this study suggest the importance of increasing awareness about the negative impact of WSS and developing social policies to prevent or decrease it. Additionally, multidisciplinary teams, especially dietitians, should be more aware of WSS when dealing with overweight and obese individuals. MDPI 2023-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10298510/ /pubmed/37372872 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11121754 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Aladel, Alanoud Dakhakhni, Badeeah Almuhtadi, Yara Alsheweir, Azzah Aljammaz, Sadeem Effect of Weight Self-Stigma on Quality of Life and Dietary Habits among Adult Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title | Effect of Weight Self-Stigma on Quality of Life and Dietary Habits among Adult Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_full | Effect of Weight Self-Stigma on Quality of Life and Dietary Habits among Adult Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | Effect of Weight Self-Stigma on Quality of Life and Dietary Habits among Adult Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Weight Self-Stigma on Quality of Life and Dietary Habits among Adult Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_short | Effect of Weight Self-Stigma on Quality of Life and Dietary Habits among Adult Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | effect of weight self-stigma on quality of life and dietary habits among adult students in riyadh, saudi arabia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10298510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37372872 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11121754 |
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