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Table 2 Linear Regression: Explicit Weight Bias and Beliefs about the Causes of Obesity

From: Weight bias internalization and beliefs about the causes of obesity among the Canadian public

Variable

Explicit Weight Bias (B) (SE)

Sample (N = 921)

COB Subscale mean scores

 Behavioural Causes

0.46 (0.82)***

 Physiological Causes

-0.16 (0.73)*

 Psychosocial Causes

0.06 (0.95)

 Environmental Causes

0.56 (0.06)

  1. Note. B Parameter estimate, COB Causes of Obesity. * p < .05. ** p < .01. *** p < .001. **** p < .0001 Adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity and body mass index (BMI)