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Weight stigma is a challenging, pervasive and overlooked difficulty that affects individual and public health, with substantial ethical implications. This program addresses the current research on the topic through the lens of social justice. As mental health professionals, we have an ethical responsibility to address the social justice impact of weight stigma in our society and in our clinical practices.
Objectives:
- Articulate the risks of focusing on weight loss and the benefits of questioning accepted assumptions.
- Define acceptable and unacceptable discrimination.
- Delineate the relationship among body image, self-esteem and quality of life.
- Review the ways that weight stigma interferes with ethical practice according to different professional codes of ethics.
- Identify cultural influences in the development of disturbances in eating and body image.
- Specify effective treatment approaches.
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