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This study examined obesity\u2010related SBP among dental professionals in an academic setting, hypothesizing patterns similar to healthcare workers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Faculty, staff, graduate students\/residents, and students affiliated with the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in Fall 2024 were invited. A 37\u2010item Qualtrics survey collected demographic information and assessed obesity\u2010related SBP using the validated Antifat Attitudes Questionnaire and Fat Phobia Scale (FPS; range 1\u20135; higher scores reflect higher SBP). Chi\u2010square or Fisher's exact tests were used for categorical bivariate analyses, and two\u2010sample\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2010tests or ANOVA with Tukey\u2013Kramer post\u2010hoc tests were applied for group comparisons (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 230 responses were received (70.3% female, 83.0% White; 44.8% &lt;\u00a030 years). Most disagreed with, \u201cI tend to think that people who are obese are a little untrustworthy\u201d (90.4%) and \u201cAlthough some obese people are surely smart, in general, I think they tend not to be quite as bright as normal weight people\u201d (88.5%). Conversely, 58.1% agreed, \u201cPeople who weigh too much could lose at least some part of their weight through a little exercise.\u201d Mean FPS was 3.53\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.56; dental students (3.72\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.49) and resident\/graduate students (3.74\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.47) had higher scores than staff (3.31\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.61;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) with no significant difference from faculty.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Obesity\u2010related SBP are present among dental professionals, consistent with other healthcare fields. While most rejected associations between obesity and dishonesty or lack of intelligence, agreement remained with negative obesity stereotypes and weight\u2010related concerns.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/jdd.70381","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,29]],"date-time":"2026-09-29T08:29:05Z","timestamp":1790670545000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Obesity\u2010Related Stereotypes, Biases, and Prejudices Among Academic Dental Professionals"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"given":"Elise A.","family":"Amerongen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Dentistry University of Iowa  Iowa City Iowa USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fang","family":"Qian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Dentistry University of Iowa  Iowa City Iowa USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Teresa A.","family":"Marshall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry University of Iowa  Iowa City Iowa USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e598","DOI":"10.17269\/CJPH.108.6044","article-title":"A Critical Analysis of Obesity Prevention Policies and Strategies","volume":"108","author":"Salas X. 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