Weight stigma experiences and self-exclusion from sport and exercise settings among people with obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A central strategy to tackle the health risks of obesity is regular physical activity (PA), exercising and participating in sports. However, people with obesity regularly experience weight-related stigma and discrimination in sport and exercise settings. Research has indicated that they often cope with such experiences by simply excluding themselves from sport and exercise. Meanwhile, self-exclusion as a coping strategy has not been fully understood and it remains unclear to what extent self-exclusion from PA settings is accompanied by general inactivity among people with obesity. The goal of this interview study was to determine to what extent physical inactivity among adults with obesity is the result of weight stigma-induced self-exclusion in and from sport and PA set

SUBMITTER: Thedinga HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7983352 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature