Adherence
Individuals with greater personal success in weight loss without medication exhibit higher obesity stigma and less favorable attitudes toward anti-obesity medications.
Healthcare providers should recognize that patients who have successfully lost weight through diet and exercise may be skeptical of or stigmatizing toward GLP-1 medications. Counseling should validate their success while explaining that biological factors can persist despite lifestyle efforts, making medication a valid and effective tool for others.
Across conditions, participants reporting more personal success in weight loss without medication indicated greater belief that obesity was amenable to self‐control, expressed greater obesity stigma, and held less positive attitudes toward the use of AOMs to manage weight.
Why this rating
Correlational data from a large sample (N=400) with high statistical power.
Source
Views Among the General Public on New Anti‐Obesity Medications and on the Perception of Obesity as a Failure of Willpower
Maya Goldkorn et al. · Obesity Science & Practice · 2025
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