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Direct linkLuciana 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
Nelson, Sarah C.; Kling, Johanna; Wängqvist, Maria; Frisén, Ann; Syed, Moin – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Although Erikson (1968) originally conceptualized identity development as a process of becoming at home in one's body, little work has been done linking identity development and research on the body. This study examines how trajectories of the development of body esteem over time are related to young people's sense of identity and psychological…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Human Body, Self Esteem, Preadolescents
Richardson, Laura A.; Fister, Carrie L.; Ramlo, Susan E. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2015
Awareness of effective weight management strategies is necessary to prepare exercise science students for future work with obesity. Exercise science faculty members developed a course related to exercise as a therapeutic tool and options available for weight loss. The purpose of the present study was to investigate student views of weight…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Exercise Physiology, College Faculty, Therapy
Ickes, Melinda J.; McMullen, Jennifer; Pflug, Courtney; Westgate, Philip M. – American Journal of Health Education, 2016
Background: More than one third of college students are either overweight or obese, making college campuses an ideal setting to target at risk behaviors while tailoring programs to the evolving lifestyle of college students. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a 15-week, campus-based lifestyle modification program on…
Descriptors: Obesity, College Students, Physical Activity Level, Body Composition
Granberg, Ellen M. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2011
In this article, I employ a structural symbolic interaction framework to examine the processes by which persons can exit a stigmatized identity. Using the empirical example of weight loss, I analyze how individuals evolve from an identity as "fat" and stigmatized to one that is "normal" with respect to weight and free from identification with…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Identification (Psychology), Interaction, Social Bias
Annesi, James J.; Howton, Amy; Johnson, Ping H.; Porter, Kandice J. – Journal of American College Health, 2015
Objective: Small-scale pilot testing of supplementing a required college health-related fitness course with a cognitive-behavioral exercise-support protocol (The Coach Approach). Participants: Three classes were randomly assigned to Usual processes (n = 32), Coach Approach-supplemented: Mid-size Groups (n = 32), and Coach Approach-supplemented:…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Physical Fitness, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
Mohammed, Heyam Reda; Mohammad, Mona Ahmad – College Student Journal, 2012
The aim of study was to investigate student opinion and attitude toward physical education classes. Two thousand seven hundred (2700) students answered the survey: 1239 (45.3%) were male students and 1497 (54.7%) were female from Kuwait six districts: Al_Hawalli, Al_Asimah, Al_Jahra, Al_Mobarak, Al_Farwniah, Al_Ahmadi. Weight Status was determined…
Descriptors: Health Education, Physical Education, Student Attitudes, Body Composition
Welsh, Ericka M.; Sherwood, Nancy E.; VanWormer, Jeffrey J.; Hotop, Anne Marie; Jeffery, Robert W. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2009
Objective: To examine the effect of self-weighing frequency on weight change and body satisfaction. Design: Observational study based on findings from a 6-month randomized controlled telephone-based weight loss trial. Data collected at baseline and 6 months. Setting: Metropolitan community-based sample. Participants: Sixty-three obese adults. Mean…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Self Concept, Statistical Significance, Body Weight
McCabe, Marita P.; Ricciardelli, Lina A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
This study examined changes in extreme weight change attitudes and behaviors (exercise dependence, food supplements, drive for thinness, bulimia) among adolescent boys and girls over a 16 month period. It also investigated the impact of body mass index, puberty, body image, depression and positive affect on these attitudes and behaviors 16 months…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Gender Differences, Body Composition, Puberty
