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Direct linkBolter, Nicole D.; Sosna, Daria; Arauzo, Megan; George, Gretchen L. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Background: Weight stigma and bias are present in education, employment, and health care institutions, and have increased in recent years. College students in pre-health majors have been documented to hold weight biases, and interventions to mitigate these beliefs have had varying results. Objectives: This study's purpose was to assess the impact…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Social Bias, Intervention, Student Attitudes
Luciana Zuest; Saemi Lee; Riley Lau; Janaina Fogaça; Dawn E. Clifford – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2024
To address widespread weight stigma across the physical activity landscape, scholars have emphasized the need to provide exercise professionals with educational programs that help them (a) identify their biases, (b) reflect on their assumptions about higher-weight individuals, and (c) apply tangible strategies to enhance the inclusivity of fitness…
Descriptors: Exercise, Professional Personnel, Intervention, Body Composition
Download full textNutter, Sarah; Saunders, Jessica F.; Brun, Isabel; Exner-Cortens, Deinera; Russell-Mayhew, Shelly – Canadian Journal of Education, 2022
Comprehensive school health (CSH) is a framework that can support teachers in the delivery of health-related content as well as supporting health promotion within the school community. In this study, 222 Bachelor of Education students completed surveys at the beginning and end of a mandatory six-week course on CSH with a body weight-neutral focus.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Comprehensive School Health Education
Brittany Putnam Gerringer – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Weight discrimination, the maltreatment of individuals perceived to have larger sized bodies driven by both implicit and explicit biases about weight, is a growing issue in society with deleterious effects for individuals of size (Andreyeva et al., 2008; Hatzenbuehler et al., 2009; Puhl & King, 2013; Swift et al., 2013; Tomiyama, 2014).…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Self Efficacy, Counselor Training, Body Weight
N. M. Papini; S. Lee; J. Lee; D. Clifford – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Background: Given the body image and disordered eating struggles prevalent in young adults, weight-inclusive anti-diet programs are needed on college campuses. Such programs replace weight loss advice with changes that center physical and mental well-being. Methods/Program Design: University health and wellness programs such as University Coaching…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Inclusion, Mental Health, Physical Health
Saunders, Jessica F.; Nutter, Sarah; Brun, Isabel; Exner-Cortens, Deinera; Russell-Mayhew, Shelly – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2021
Teachers view overt expressions of weight stigma, such as weight-related teasing, as troublesome but are often ill-prepared to address instances of weight-related teasing when they arise in the classroom. Comprehensive school health is an emerging framework that aims to better prepare teachers to address issues of health and wellness in the…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Body Weight, Vignettes, Student Attitudes
