title: [Weight Related Stigmatisation of Obese Individuals in Somatic and Mental Health Care - are there Differences?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Stigmatization of obese patients by health care professionals represents a significant barrier to seek care. The study aims to identify weight-related stigmatizing attitudes of mental and somatic health care professionals.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data base was derived from a survey of 773 health care professionals using a vignette-based approach. Stigmatizing attitudes were assessed with the Fat Phobia Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Health care professionals in the somatic and mental health field stigmatize overweight individuals. Stigmatizing attitudes were associated with the belief in the lack of willpower of obese people and an increased perceived workload caused by overweight patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The stigmatization of obese people needs to be addressed and mentally ill patients seem to be an especially vulnerable group due to double stigma.
authors: Institut für Sozialmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin und Public Health (ISAP), Universität Leipzig.
authors: Hendrik
authors: H
authors: Wötzel
authors: Institut für Sozialmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin und Public Health (ISAP), Universität Leipzig.
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Sikorski
authors: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Greifswald.
authors: Georg
authors: G
authors: Schomerus
authors: Institut für Sozialmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin und Public Health (ISAP), Universität Leipzig.
authors: Melanie
authors: M
authors: Luppa
authors: Institut für Sozialmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin und Public Health (ISAP), Universität Leipzig.
authors: Steffi G
authors: SG
authors: Riedel-Heller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D057545:Social Stigma