Mary Himmelstein

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Kent State University

United States

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Mary Himmelstein is an Assistant Professor at Kent State University in the United States. Her research focuses on the impacts of weight stigma, masculinity, and concealed stigmatized identities on health behaviors and healthcare engagement, as highlighted in her recent publications. She explores topics such as maladaptive eating behaviors, internalization of weight stigma, and the dynamics of healthcare relationships among diverse populations.

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Articles (18)

The role of shame and spontaneous self-affirmation among people with concealable stigmatized identities

The role of masculinity and weight stigma in men’s body dissatisfaction.

Bracing for impact: An intensive longitudinal investigation of weight stigma, vigilant coping, and maladaptive eating

Weight Stigma in Gynecological Care Among Cisgender Women

Women’s Relationships With Healthcare and Providers: The Role of Weight Stigma in Healthcare and Weight Bias Internalization

A concealable intervention for a concealed group: Applying self‐affirmation interventions to people with concealable stigmatized identities

Weight stigma is uniquely tied to maladaptive eating across different racial, ethnic, and gender groups

The impact of weight stigma and masculinity on men’s health care engagement.

Constant vigilance: The impact of weight stigma, vigilance, and internalization on maladaptive eating behaviors.

Health care avoidance as vigilance: A model of maladaptive eating behaviors due to weight stigma in health care, avoidance, and internalization among women.

Mechanisms linking concealable stigmatized identity and health: Amplifiers and coping mechanisms.

Democrats and independents stigmatize people with COVID-19 greater compared to Republicans

The effects of an acute weight stigma exposure on cardiovascular reactivity among women with obesity and hypertension: A randomized trial

The role of weight stigma in weight regain in bariatric surgery

Public health noncompliance: Targets with COVID-19 are stigmatized when they fail to follow public health protocols.

Anxiety and stress over COVID‐19 pandemic associated with increased eating

Weight Stigma and Diabetes Stigma: Implications for Weight-Related Health Behaviors in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

International comparisons of weight stigma: addressing a void in the field

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