Differential Impact of Patient Weight on Pain-Related Judgments About Male and Female Chronic Low Back Pain Patients.

• Pain was discounted for normal and overweight women and obese men.• Pain was treated less for normal and overweight women and obese men.• Across weight categories, women's pain was “psychologized” more than men's pain.• Results indicate disparate impact of weight on pain judgments about women and men.

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