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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
Soderlund, Lena L.; Malmsten, Janna; Bendtsen, Preben; Nilsen, Per – Health Education Journal, 2010
Objective: To evaluate how a motivational interviewing (MI) training course for child healthcare nurses in Sweden affected their work with children's weight issues and their attitudes to MI. Design: Cross-sectional survey, descriptive design. Setting: Nurses were recruited from 33 different child healthcare centres in Ostergotland, Sweden. Method:…
Descriptors: Obesity, Nurses, Interviews, Foreign Countries
Magoc, Dejan; Tomaka, Joe; Thompson, Sharon – Health Education Journal, 2010
Background: Obesity is the leading cause of preventable death and conveys risk for diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and stroke. Overweight and obesity are common among college students, with surveys showing 35 per cent of college students to be overweight. Unhealthy diets and low physical activity are the major causes. Objective: To examine…
Descriptors: College Students, Obesity, Physical Activities, Questionnaires
