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  • Weight stigma consciousness and perceived physical appearance : their key precursors and relationship to health behaviors

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    Concepcion, Rebecca Yahnke
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    The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between weight stigma consciousness, perceived body appearance, social physique anxiety, and the health outcomes of physical activity levels and eating behaviors. Select precursors were also examined. These relationships were based on Harter's model of self-worth. Two-hundred fifteen adults with a...
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    Health Behaviors Introduction The prevalence of overweight and obesity continues to increase in

  • Concept Mapping and Enumerating Strategies to Increase Fat Acceptance in Fitness Centers

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    Souza, Brian Jason
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    According to most health organizations, "obesity" (defined as body mass index [BMI] greater than 30) is a world health problem of "epidemic" proportions. The underlying assumption is that weight is a proxy for health. However, obesity prevention and reduction interventions are designed to regulate body weight, rather than improve health....
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    assumption is that weight is a proxy for health. However, obesity prevention and reduction interventions

  • Weight Stigma and Its Associations with Health Behaviors Among Older Adults

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    Phibbs, Sandi Cleveland
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    Having excess weight carries a negative social stigma in the U.S. Previous research has shown that experiencing stigma has negative physical and mental health consequences. Few studies have examined how experiencing weight stigma might act as a barrier to engaging in healthy behaviors among older adults. The purpose of this...
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    .! Weight(Stigma(as(a(Health(Threat(to(Older(Adults( ( The!psychosocial!aspects!of!overweight!and!obesity

  • Increasing physical activity in adults : identifying mechanisms of goal-setting theory

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    Moon, Dal-Hyun
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    Walking is the most popular type of physical activity among the adult population in the United States including individuals with disabilities. Considering the popularity of the activity, walking-related physical activity should be a focus of health promotion campaigns among the adult population. Rhodes and Nigg (2011) suggested that employing theory-based...
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    the School of Biological and Population Health Sciences Dean of the Graduate School

  • Disparities in Health Outcomes and Health Care Access : A Quantitative Intersectional Approach

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    Alvarado, Carla S.
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    Health disparity scholars and researchers call to expand the conceptualization of health disparities research beyond the predominant and long-standing race-based analyses. The call requests the inclusion of frameworks and theories that reflect the complex, multi-level and multifactorial social processes that yield health disparities. Intersectionality is a theoretical framework that is...
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    : Disparities in Health Outcomes and Health Care Access: A Quantitative Intersectional Approach Abstract