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This is the home for research and content from the Weight Stigma, Neuroplastic Symptom Working Group who recently presented at the 2025 ATNS Conference.

WSNSWG MEMBERS

Deb Malkin | The Curiosity Cure - Mindbody Coaching
Dr. Lilia Graue | Chronic Pain & Illness Recovery Support
Dr. Lilia Graue | Chronic Pain & Illness Recovery Support
Amy Schere, LCSWA - Third Wave Psychotherapy
Amy Schere, LCSWA - Third Wave Psychotherapy
The Pelvic Pain Coach - Rachel Gofman
The Pelvic Pain Coach - Rachel Gofman

Research Articles + Resources

“Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia,” by Sabrina Strings
Pulling weight stigma out by the roots
Pulling weight stigma out by the roots
Weight Discrimination and Risk of Mortality - PMC
The body politic: the relationship between stigma and obesity-associated disease - PubMed
The body politic: the relationship between stigma and obesity-associated disease - PubMed
Weight stigma as a risk factor for suicidality | International Journal of Obesity
Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift | Nutrition Journal | Full Text
Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift | Nutrition Journal | Full Text
Various Implicit Bias Tests Including Weight - Harvard University
Weight Stigma Awareness Week | End Weight Stigma Today — Join Us
Weight Stigma Awareness Week | End Weight Stigma Today — Join Us
Whistling Vivaldi | Claude M Steele | W. W. Norton & Company
Whistling Vivaldi | Claude M Steele | W. W. Norton & Company
How to Address Weight Bias and Weight Discrimination | Online MSW Programs
How to Address Weight Bias and Weight Discrimination | Online MSW Programs
Weight Stigma Definitions
Is BMI Accurate? New Evidence Says No | URMC Newsroom
Is BMI Accurate? New Evidence Says No | URMC Newsroom
The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas | BMC Medicine | Springer Nature Link
The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas | BMC Medicine | Springer Nature Link
Weight stigma and health behaviors: evidence from the Eating in America Study | International Journal of Obesity
Weight stigma and health behaviors: evidence from the Eating in America Study | International Journal of Obesity
What’s Wrong With the ‘War on Obesity?’ A Narrative Review of the Weight-Centered Health Paradigm and Development of the 3C Framework to Build Critical Competency for a Paradigm Shift - Lily O’Hara, Jane Taylor, 2018
What’s Wrong With the ‘War on Obesity?’ A Narrative Review of the Weight-Centered Health Paradigm and Development of the 3C Framework to Build Critical Competency for a Paradigm Shift - Lily O’Hara, Jane Taylor, 2018
Cardiorespiratory fitness, body mass index and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis | British Journal of Sports Medicine
Cardiorespiratory fitness, body mass index and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis | British Journal of Sports Medicine
The obesity paradox - PubMed
The obesity paradox - PubMed
Why weight? Researchers say it’s fitness that matters | ScienceDaily
Why weight? Researchers say it’s fitness that matters | ScienceDaily
Facing Challenges for Reducing Weight Stigma in Public Health Policy and Practice | Annual Reviews
Health at Every Size® (HAES®) Principles – ASDAH
Dieting among a community sample of adults with chronic pain - PubMed
Dieting among a community sample of adults with chronic pain - PubMed
Weight discrimination partially mediates the longitudinal relationship between Body Mass Index and pain - PubMed
Weight discrimination partially mediates the longitudinal relationship between Body Mass Index and pain - PubMed
Association of Weight-Related Stigmas With Daily Pain Symptoms Among Individuals With Obesity - PubMed
Association of Weight-Related Stigmas With Daily Pain Symptoms Among Individuals With Obesity - PubMed
The pain of weight-related stigma among women with overweight or obesity - PubMed
The pain of weight-related stigma among women with overweight or obesity - PubMed
Associations of weight stigma with cortisol and oxidative stress independent of adiposity - PubMed
Associations of weight stigma with cortisol and oxidative stress independent of adiposity - PubMed
Overcoming Anti-Weight Bias Among Doctors | TIME
Overcoming Anti-Weight Bias Among Doctors | TIME
Weight Stigma in American Medical Professionals | Psychology Today
Weight Stigma in American Medical Professionals | Psychology Today
Navigating Healthcare in a Larger Body: Addressing Weight Stigma at the Doctor's Office
Navigating Healthcare in a Larger Body: Addressing Weight Stigma at the Doctor's Office
The Harm of Weight Stigma - by Ragen Chastain
The Harm of Weight Stigma - by Ragen Chastain
Do No Harm: Weight Stigma in the Medical Field - Center For Discovery
Do No Harm: Weight Stigma in the Medical Field - Center For Discovery
Coming to terms with fear - PMC

Movement Accounts to Follow + Share

Body Positive and Size Inclusive Fitness Trainers – Superfit Hero
Body Positive and Size Inclusive Fitness Trainers – Superfit Hero
Power Plus Wellness | body affirming fitness | New York, NY, USA
Fat Body Pilates
Fat Body Pilates
amberhouse: a yoga club for the rest of us | Amber Karnes
Everybody Moves With Erica
Jessamyn Stanley | AUTHOR, YOGA TEACHER, ENTREPRENEUR, AND ADVOCATE
Diversity in Cross Fit
Current Wellness - Raleigh's Wellness Center for Mind, Body & Community
Current Wellness - Raleigh's Wellness Center for Mind, Body & Community
Movement@Home — Laura Khoudari referrals

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