Table 1. Frequency of experiencing weight stigma from doctors.
Total sample | Australia | Canada | France | Germany | United Kingdom | United States | |
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% (N) | % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | |
Frequency of experiencing weight stigma from a doctor: | |||||||
Multiple times | 19.8 (1570) | 20.1 (137)a,c | 20.7 (336)a,c | 11.6 (157)b | 21.3 (303)a,c | 19.6 (256)a | 24.8 (381)c |
More than once | 26.4 (2087) | 23.3 (159)a,b | 24.8 (403)a,b | 28.1 (379)a,b | 29.7 (422)a | 24.1 (314)b | 26.7 (410)a,b |
Once | 20.4 (1611) | 19.1 (130)a,b | 19.3 (313)a,b | 23.7 (320)a | 22.4 (318)a,b | 19.2 (250)a,b | 18.2 (280)b |
Never | 33.4 (2647) | 37.4 (255)a | 35.2 (572)a,c | 36.5 (492)a | 26.5 (377)b | 37.2 (485)a | 30.3 (466)b,c |
Note. Item only administered to participants who reported at least one experience of weight stigma. Values within the same row not sharing the same subscript letter are significantly different from each other at p ≤ .001.