Table 2.

Scoring of the questionnaires according to the BMI of the study population.

	Normal weight (n = 173)	Overweight (n = 134)	Obesity (n = 572)	Bariatric surgery (n = 139)	P
AFA	33.7 ± 12.0	35.5 ± 11.0	38.6 ± 12.1	37.8 ± 12.5	<0.001
AFA_dislike	13.8 ± 6.4	13.1 ± 6.0	13.4 ± 7.3	13.6 ± 7.6	0.821
AFA_fear of being fat	8.7 ± 4.6	10.2 ± 4.9	13.8 ± 5.4	14.2 ± 5.4	<0.001
AFA_willpower	11.1 ± 4.3	12.1 ± 4.3	11.4 ± 4.9	10.2 ± 4.9	0.008
SSI	4.8 ± 9.6	11.8 ± 12.5	28.2 ± 17.7	27.7 ± 17.5	<0.001
WBIS	24.2 ± 11.5	30.2 ± 13.6	41.7 ± 15.2	40.9 ± 14.6	<0.001

Data are mean and standard deviation; AFA, Antifat Attitudes Scale; SSI, Stigmatizing Situations Inventory; WBIS, Weight Bias Internalization Scale.