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

Sandra C WebberPatricia ThilleKun LiuKristy WittmeierPatricia Cain
Published in: Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada (2024)
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.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • body weight
  • mental health
  • adipose tissue
  • physical activity
  • health information
  • body composition
  • health promotion
  • risk assessment
  • human health