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To begin to uncover why it occurs, this research documents correlates of WBM by investigating stigmatization of weight through four conceptual frames: stereotyping, the justification-suppression model of prejudice, objectification theory, and occupational contexts. Across a sample of 1,008 self-identified larger-bodied respondents, 383 paired coworkers, and data from O*NET about occupational features of the larger-bodied respondents\u2019 jobs, we conducted a cross-sectional quantitative exploratory study. Results suggest that larger-bodied employees in workplace climates that promote thinness (e.g., where talk emphasizing that coworkers should strive to be thinner is common) or who fail to regulate or condemn negative body talk tend to report more WBM, as do employees in more generally unsupportive or aggressive interpersonal professional climates. Furthermore, employees\u2019 self-views contribute to differences between rates of WBM: larger employees who report states of self-evaluated vulnerability \u2013 that is, believing that they do not measure up to peers or feeling generally unworthy \u2013 also report more WBM. 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