Raw data of Articles that were produced from PubMed search using the included search string within the Journals listed in the Google metrics.

Stigmatizing language or non-person-centered language (PCL) has been shown to impact patients negatively, especially in the case of obesity. This has led many associations, such as the American Medical Association (AMA) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) to enact guidelines prohibiting the use of stigmatizing language in medical research. In 2018, the AMA adopted PCL guidelines, including a specific obesity amendment that all researchers should adhere to. Our primary objective was to determine if PCL guidelines specific to obesity have been properly obeyed in the most interacted with sports medicine journals. We searched within PubMed for obesity-related articles between 2019 and 2022 published in the top ten most interacted sports medicine journals based on Google Metrics data. A predetermined list of stigmatizing and non-PCL terms/language was searched within each article.