Inclusion of Individuals With Overweight/Obesity in Physical Activity Settings

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Paul Bernard Rukavina Health and Sport Sciences, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1123/kr.2021-0058
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coping; exercise avoidance; internalization; obesity bias; size bias; weight bias
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29 Dec 2021
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Volume 11: Issue 1
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The deleterious effects of weight bias in physical activity spaces for children, adolescents, and adults are well documented. Different types of weight bias occur, and they interact at multiple levels within a person’s ecology, from the messaging of often unattainable sociocultural thin/muscular ideals and physical inequities (e.g., equipment not appropriate for body shapes and sizes) to interpersonal and public discriminatory comments. However, the most damaging is the internalization and application of negative weight-bias stereotypes by those with overweight and obesity to themselves. An imperative for social justice is now; there is great need to advocate for, provide support for, and design inclusive physical activity spaces to reduce weight bias so that all individuals feel welcome, accept their bodies, and are empowered to live a healthy, active lifestyle. To make this a reality, an interdisciplinary and preventive approach is needed to understand bias and how to minimize it in our spaces.

Rukavina (Rukavina@adelphi.edu) is corresponding author, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0590-5469

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