Determining Associations Among Health Orientation, Fitness Orientation, and Attitudes Toward Fatness in Physiotherapists and Physiotherapy Students Using Structural Equation Modeling.

Sandra C Webber, Patricia Thille, Kun Liu, Kristy Wittmeier, Patricia Cain

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Article in Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Sandra C WebberFrom the: Department of Physiotherapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7238-4638

Patricia ThilleFrom the: Department of Physiotherapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Kun LiuDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Kristy WittmeierDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Patricia CainSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.

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Abstract

Purpose: Research suggests physiotherapists hold negative attitudes and beliefs toward fatness and fat people. Physiotherapists are also health-conscious, and invested in healthy lifestyle behaviours including physical activity. Our purpose was to describe relationships between health orientation, fitness orientation, and fat attitudes. Methods: Physiotherapists ( Results: Participants scored high in orientation toward fitness and health. We found strong positive associations between fitness orientation and health orientation ( Conclusions: Physiotherapists are highly oriented toward fitness and health. This may underlie beliefs in the controllability of body weight and contribute to negative attitudes toward fatness and fat people. Further research, with greater sample sizes is necessary to further investigate associations between health orientation and fat attitudes.

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attitudehealthlife stylephysical activityweight prejudice

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PMID38725602

DOI10.3138/ptc-2022-0038

PMCPMC11078247

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