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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Jun 6

New Publication! I'm proud to have worked on this study my first two years in grad school. Our dyadic study (287 couples!) shows that internalized and anticipated weight stigma don’t just affect your mental well-being, they affect your partner’s, too.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Frontiers | Associations between weight stigma and mental well-being among people in romantic relationships: an actor-partner interdependence model investigation

BackgroundRomantic relationships are primary sources of mental well-being, including life satisfaction. Stigma not only has adverse effects on individual men...

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · May 31

Thank you so much, we are big fans of your work! @katerinaldi1.bsky.social ❤️

April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · May 31

What a fantastic panel by the Weight Stigma and Social Justice SIGs at #iced2025. Your work and stories are so impactful.

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Allison F @ablington.bsky.social · Mar 30

yes

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Claire Cusack @claireecusack.bsky.social · Mar 27

We knew that they would do this, and it still hurts.

Queer Kentucky @queerkentucky.bsky.social · Mar 27

Conversion therapy will be allowed in Kentucky and transgender Kentuckians will no longer have gender-affirming health care covered by Medicaid after lawmakers overrode Beshear’s veto of HB 495 Thursday afternoon.
queerkentucky.com/follow-along...

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · Mar 22

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Mar 15

Sometimes being able to offer a moment of compassionate human connection and grace, and sometimes even a hug, while working in HLOC ED treatment is the greatest privilege and honor ❤️ I try to collect these moments in my brain for future moments when the inevitable burnout or disillusionment sets in🔥

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Mar 1

I read this to the tune and cadence of Guns and Ships from Hamilton and it gave me a crumb of joy on this fine Saturday 🎶 @jasmineforus.bsky.social

Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social · Mar 1

It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!

How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!

Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 26

@phaedralonghurst.bsky.social thank you!!! I am so glad it is finally out there for the world to use 🥹😅

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Kat Rinaldi @katerinaldi1.bsky.social · Feb 23

It's hereeee! My very first first-coauthored paper (that's a mouthful) with @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social is published and we could not be more excited 🥹
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kew~6BgRu...

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Megan Meyer, MPH, RD (she/her) @megannomnom.bsky.social · Feb 22

This was a really lovely paper by @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social and @katerinaldi1.bsky.social exploring weight related terminology preference and better understanding the 🔗 between how folks describe themselves, weight stigma, and disordered eating. Kudos on an excellent first pub!

Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 22

I am so excited to share my first publication, a labor of love! My co-1st author @katerinaldi1.bsky.social and I examined weight related terminology preference within two samples of folks in larger bodies🥰 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Words are heavy: Weight-related terminology preferences are associated with larger-bodied people’s health behaviors and beliefs

Clinicians and researchers may struggle with appropriate terminology when discussing body size. Pathologizing larger bodies has led to use of medicali…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 22

I am so grateful to have this paper out there, and beyond honored to work with @katerinaldi1.bsky.social - my research partner and friend extraordinaire ❤️😍 We were supervised by Dr Paula Brochu and Dr Janell Mensinger ❤️

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 22

Our findings suggest that fat-related and weight-neutral terms may be associated with more positive outcomes, and challenge advocacy and requirements for person-first medicalized language that pathologizes body size.

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 22

In Sample 2, preferring medicalized terms was associated with lower critical health awareness and higher weight controllability beliefs.

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 22

In Sample 1, folks recovered from EDs were more likely to choose “fat” than those currently struggling. Those who pref “fat” had the highest body appreciation+ critical health awareness, lowest eating disorder symptoms, lowest weight bias internalization, and lowest weight controllability beliefs🔥

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 22

Our two very different samples had this in common: they did NOT want to be referred to with person first language, despite the obesity world championing the use, and some journals even requiring it! Woah!

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 22

Importantly, we deviated from previous research that focused only on convos recommending weight loss in medical settings, + often asked thin(!) participants. We know, for better or worse, people refer to bodies outside of that limited 👀 context, so it’s important to expand the scope of the samples!

Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 22

I am so excited to share my first publication, a labor of love! My co-1st author @katerinaldi1.bsky.social and I examined weight related terminology preference within two samples of folks in larger bodies🥰 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Words are heavy: Weight-related terminology preferences are associated with larger-bodied people’s health behaviors and beliefs

Clinicians and researchers may struggle with appropriate terminology when discussing body size. Pathologizing larger bodies has led to use of medicali…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 22

Watching match day results roll in, knowing I will be in y’all’s shoes next year like 🎉🫣🥹😳

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · Feb 18

They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Feb 18

This stop sign on the NIH campus is somehow apropos. What, the law used to exist here?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Feb 19

the “make america healthy again” agenda appears to be an elaborate op conjured up by sentient strains of listeria and salmonella www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

FDA’s Food Safety Chief Resigns

The chief said the loss of critical employees overseeing the nation’s food supply made his work impossible. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has pledged to gut the division.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Feb 18

The Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS provides funding for HIV/AIDs care, maternal health, and community health centers. Today some employees arrived at work to find their access revoked. Terminated without even being notified. Total number affected unknown.

@alt-hhs.bsky.social

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 18

"The recent barrage of administrative decrees will only serve to demoralize health workers, stifle innovation, compromise clinical trials, delay the development of new treatments and harm our patients."

Incredible, courageous piece in the NYT ⬇️
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...

Opinion | Censored Science Can’t Save Lives

Progress cannot occur if scientists are barred from asking certain questions.

www.nytimes.com

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 17

Update- I somehow only printed the odd pages of the exam??!?Inner stressed high schooler me came back REAL QUICK. But we printed the even pages and the students weren’t mad 😅

Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 17

TA’ing for a stats class is the coolest thing ever as someone who used to call herself “not a math person.” Today, students have their midterm exam- I’m bringing munchkins & smiley faces/encouragement written on their homework assignments. My inner stressed high schooler w/a mean teacher? Healed ✅

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Molly Robbins @drmollyinprogress.bsky.social · Feb 17

TA’ing for a stats class is the coolest thing ever as someone who used to call herself “not a math person.” Today, students have their midterm exam- I’m bringing munchkins & smiley faces/encouragement written on their homework assignments. My inner stressed high schooler w/a mean teacher? Healed ✅

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