Ending the Stigma of Obesity: additional resources

Please note, though it is not very clear these resources are hyperlinked. 

How to: Guidelines and Recommendations

• Obesity UK. 2024 Person First Language Guide: Addressing Weight Bias. 
• Rudd Centre for Food Policy and Obesity, The Obesity Society, The Obesity Action Coalition, Obesity Medicine Association, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. 2016. Guidelines for Media Portrayals of Individuals Affected by Obesity. 
• Association of UK Dieticians (BDA). Eliminating weight stigma - guidelines for BDA communications 
• L'Hote E, Hawkins, N., Levay, K. 2021 Changing the Childhood Obesity Conversation to Improve Children's Health. FrameWorks Institute.
• Flint SW, Scaled Insights and Obesity UK. 2022. UK Parliamentary Guidelines: Positive Communication About Obesity. All Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity. 
• European Association for the Study of Obesity. Obesity Image Bank: EASO; [List of free to access, non-stigmatising image banks]. 
• World Health Organisation. 2017 Weight bias and obesity stigma: considerations for the WHO European Region 

Interactive Resources

• Public Health Scotland. 2023 Challenging weight stigma learning hub [Online course, all audiences, free sign up required]
• World Obesity Day. Let’s talk about obesity. Activity card deck and video. 
• Frameworks Institute. 2020. Reframing how we talk about children’s health and food. An interactive toolkit. 
• Weight of Expectation. Comic-based activity with facilitator's notes (based on the paper 'Obesity, stigma and reflexive embodiment: Feeling the 'weight' of expectation')

Patient Support Networks

• European Coalition for People living with Obesity (ECPO) 
• Obesity UK
• Obesity Empowerment Network
• Global Obesity Patient Alliance

Online Learning for Health Professionals

• World Obesity Federation. Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education (Scope e-learning). Modules on communication and stigma. English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. 
• E-Learning for Healthcare. Healthier weight competency framework programme. (requires NHS/ Open Athens log-in) 
• MyNutriWeb. 2022. Addressing weight stigma in healthcare. What can we do to take action? (webinar recording)
• Kellow J. 2022. Understanding weight stigma and how to combat it. (Blog and resource list), MyNutriWeb

Panel discussions on the science of obesity

• World Obesity Day panel 2020. Professor Andrew Goddard; Royal College of Physicians, Professor Rachel Batterham; University College London Hospital, and Angela Chesworth; Lived experience advocate (30mins) https://youtu.be/ZSHlAtMzBy4?si=xQvGjO_g0RapWhIv
• Oprah on What We Get Wrong When It Comes to Weight Loss Conversations (film 50mins) https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a44964375/oprah-weight-loss-obesity/

Selected Scientific Articles

• Rubino F, Puhl RM, Cummings DE, Eckel RH, Ryan DH, Mechanick JI, et al. Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity. Nat Med. 2020;26(4):485-97.
• Albury C, Strain WD, Brocq SL, Logue J, Lloyd C, Tahrani A, et al. The importance of language in engagement between health-care professionals and people living with obesity: a joint consensus statement. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020;8(5):447-55.
• Westbury S, Oyebode O, van Rens T, Barber TM. Obesity Stigma: Causes, Consequences, and Potential Solutions. Curr Obes Rep. 2023;12(1):10-23.
• Speakman S, Hall, Allison (eds). Causes of obesity: theories, conjectures and evidence (Part 1) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2023;378(1885).
• Sorensen S, Hall, Allison (eds). Causes of obesity: theories, conjectures and evidence (Part 2) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2023;378(1888).

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