Addressing Weight Stigma and Weight-Based Discrimination in Children: Preparing Pediatricians to Meet the Challenge

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pediatrics, Arcispedale S. Anna, Ferrara, Italy.
• ² Comprehensive Childhood Obesity Plan of Andalusia, Health Counseling, Andalusian Government, Sevilla, Spain.
• ³ Department of Pediatrics, San G. Moscati Hospital, Avellino, Italy.
• ⁴ Division of Pediatrics, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden; Department of Food Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
• ⁵ Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, EOC Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland.
• ⁶ Division of Health Care Delivery Research, Robert D. & Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
• ⁷ Departments of Medicine, Neuroendocrine Unit and Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology, Boston, MA; Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard, MGH Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
• ⁸ European Pediatric Association, Union of National Pediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany; Department of Pediatrics, Scientific Institute "Casa Sollievo," Univeristy of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: mpm@unifg.it.
• ⁹ Microbiome Research Hub, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.