Outcome domain

Key findings

Depression & anxiety

Consistent associations between IWB and depressive symptoms, anxiety, psychological distress

Binge eating

Weight self-stigma predicts binge eating longitudinally; mediates experienced stigma→binge eating in higher-weight individuals

Body dissatisfaction

Bidirectional relationship with IWB; directly associated with IWB across weight status

Suicidal ideation & mortality

Weight-based victimization associated with suicidal ideation; weight discrimination linked to increased mortality risk

Chinese youth

Bidirectional relationships between IWB and psychosocial impairment, disordered eating