People's Mental Health Often Improves After Weight-Loss Surgery. A Study Pinpoints the Real Reason Why.

People's mental health often improves after weight-loss surgery. A study pinpoints the real reason why.

Feeling less stigma — not losing weight — was linked to better mental health, eating behaviors and weight loss after bariatric surgery.

The Last "Acceptable" Prejudice: Obesity

Being overweight, like being female instead of male or Black instead of White, should not be a reason for unequal treatment and scorn.

Weight stigma keeps Pinoys from seeking obesity treatment—mental health expert

**media[18339]**Stigma and misinformation are hindering many Filipinos with obesity from getting the care they need, a psychiatrist warned as health professionals call for a broader understanding of obesity as a complex medical disorder.Dr. Ma. Corazon Del Mundo, a diplomate member of the Philippine Psychiatric Association (PPA), underscored the psychological toll of stigma in individuals living with obesity.“Unfortunately, weight stigma and mis…

How can we improve young people's mental health?

The mental health of the young is reaching breaking point, globally. A recent analysis by a panel of leading researchers, young people, and policy experts, has warned that, without targeted action, by 2030, 42 million years of healthy life could be lost to mental illness or suicide; that's two million more than ten years ago. So today we're asking, why are so many young people suddenly afflicted by a decline in their mental health and wellbeing,…