Weight-centrism in psychology: Implications and new directions from the field of fat studies

The authors explore the field of psychology’s adherence to a weight-centric model of health and the implications for propagating weight bias in research, education, and practice. Invoking the field of fat studies, they then suggest ways of reducing weight bias in these domains via use of alternative methods and materials. In doing so, they highlight the weight-neutral Health At Every Size® paradigm as a potential means of guiding scholarship, teaching, and applied work in psychology and related behavioral health science fields.