Obesity affects approximately one‐third of American adults. Recent evidence suggests that
weight bias may be pervasive among both exercise and nutrition professionals working with …

Background: Physiotherapists play an integral role in the provision of health care to
individuals who are overweight or obese. An understanding of weight stigma is therefore …

Introduction: Weight stigmatization is reflected in anti-fat attitudes and stereotypical
perceptions of people who are overweight; it has been demonstrated to be prevalent in …

In this article, we propose a theory-driven approach to developing interventions for reducing
weight stigma in physiotherapy and discuss the design and exploratory trial of such an …

Objective To explore entry-level physiotherapy students' attitudes and beliefs relating to
weight bias and stigmatisation in healthcare. Design Cross sectional survey of …

Anatomy with human dissection may help to develop respect for the human body and
professionalism; however, dissection may worsen students' attitudes about body weight and …

Purpose: Research suggests physiotherapists hold negative attitudes and beliefs toward
fatness and fat people. Physiotherapists are also health-conscious, and invested in healthy …

Background Overweight and obesity has a bi-directional association with the growing
burden of musculoskeletal (MSk) dysfunction and pain. It seems inevitable that MSk …

Objectives: The aim of the study was assessment of knowledge concerning obesity
complications among the students of two universities in Lublin, Poland, and recognition of …

The US obesity rate is projected to reach 50% in all states by 2030 (Ward, Bleich, & Cradock
et al., 2019). People with obesity are at increased risk for many health issues (CDC, 2020) …