title: Future research in weight bias: What next?
abstract: The 2015 Canadian Weight Bias Summit disseminated the newest research advances and brought together 40 experts, stakeholders, and policy makers in various disciplines in health, education, and public policy to identify future research directions in weight bias. In this paper we aim to share the results of the Summit as well as encourage international and interdisciplinary research collaborations in weight bias reduction. Consensus emerged on six research areas that warrant further investigation in weight bias: costs, causes, measurement, qualitative research and lived experience, interventions, and learning from other models of discrimination. These discussions highlighted three key lessons that were informed by the Summit, namely: language matters, the voices of people living with obesity should be incorporated, and interdisciplinary stakeholders should be included.
authors.affiliation: Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Angela S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Alberga
authors.affiliation: Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Shelly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Russell-Mayhew
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Kristin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: von Ranson
authors.affiliation: Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McLaren
authors.affiliation: Canadian Obesity Network, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Ximena
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ramos Salas
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Arya M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D001835:Body Weight; D002170:Canada; D032921:Consensus; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011640:Public Policy