Faculty Articles
Weight Stigma as a Risk Factor for Suicidality
Document Type
Editorial
Publication Date
6-16-2020
Publication Title
International Journal of Obesity
Volume
44
Issue/Number
10
First Page
1979
ISSN
1476-5497
Last Page
1980
Abstract/Excerpt
Excerpt
In this issue, Daly et al. [1] show that subjective perceptions of “overweight” were associated with increased risk of suicidal ideation, plans, and attempt in a large sample of US adolescents, even when controlling for participant age, gender, race/ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), and depression. These findings are consistent with existing research demonstrating that subjective weight perceptions were positively associated with suicidality in a large sample of young women in the US [2]. In this study, the association between self-perceived weight and suicidal ideation held even when controlling for covariates such as participant age, race/ethnicity, BMI, depression, risky behavior involvement, self-reported health status, history of familial suicidal behavior, and parent education. Thus, it appears as though the association between weight perceptions and suicidality is robust, and that self-perceived weight status is more strongly associated with suicidality than BMI.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-020-0632-5
ORCID ID
0000-0002-6131-3209
PubMed ID
32546856
NSUWorks Citation
Brochu, P. M.
(2020). Weight Stigma as a Risk Factor for Suicidality. International Journal of Obesity, 44(10), 1979-1980.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1866
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