Associations between Internalized Weight Stigma and Visceral Adipose Tissue Status are Observed in Women but not Men.
Stigma Health
; 7(2): 161-168, 2022 May.
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ABSTRACT
Purpose:
This study investigated the relationship between internalized weight stigma (IWS) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT), an independent predictor of cardiometabolic disease risk, and how this relationship is moderated by gender.Methods:
Participants (N=70, 81% white, 51% women, M age=30.4±7.8 years, M BMI=28.7±5.5 kg/m2, M BF%=32.4±8.9%) completed in-lab measures of demographic factors (age, gender, race/ethnicity), IWS (Weight Bias Internalization Scale-Modified; WBIS-M) and visceral adiposity. VAT mass was measured via DXA. Primary moderation analysis investigated the effect of gender on associations between IWS and VAT mass. Covariates were age, race/ethnicity, and total body fat percent.Results:
After adjusting for covariates in the primary moderation analysis, WBIS-M scores displayed a positive association with VAT mass (b=32.58, p=0.033). The relationship between WBIS-M scores and VAT mass was moderated by gender (b=68.63, p=0.020); no relationship between WBIS-M scores and VAT mass was observed in men (b=-2.71, p=0.894), whereas a positive association between WBIS-M scores and VAT mass was observed in women (b=65.92, p=0.003).Conclusions:
Internalization of weight stigma was associated with greater visceral adiposity in women across the BMI spectrum, suggesting it as a chronic stressor. Future studies should investigate directionality and causality of this relationship to elucidate mechanisms of stigma-associated CVD risk.
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En
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Stigma Health
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article