Background:Physical inactivity is a major public health problem worldwide that results in physical and mental health *** major issue for physical inactivity is weight stigma(WS),especially perceived WS,which could lea...
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Background:Physical inactivity is a major public health problem worldwide that results in physical and mental health *** major issue for physical inactivity is weight stigma(WS),especially perceived WS,which could lead to a tendency to avoid physical activity(PA).To better understand the association between perceived WS and PA,knowledge of the likely mediators in this association such as weight bias internalization(WBI)and psychological distress were investigated in the present ***:Using a two-wave longitudinal study and convenient sampling,388 Taiwan residents participants(55%females;mean age=29.7 years[SD±6.3])completed two surveys six months *** mass index(BMI),Perceived weight stigma Scale(PWSS),weight Bias Internalization Scale(WBIS),Depression,Anxiety,Stress Scale(DASS-21),and Tendency to Avoid Physical Activity and Sport Scale(TAPAS)were ***:A mediation model controlling for age,gender,and BMI with 5000 bootstrapping resamples was *** WS exerted significant direct effects on WBI(β=0.25;pweight stigmawhen encouraging physical activity.
The use of body mass index(BMI)to determine eligibility for gender-affirming surgery in transgender and nonbinary individuals has been *** BMI thresholds are often meant to be protective,restricting patients from acce...
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The use of body mass index(BMI)to determine eligibility for gender-affirming surgery in transgender and nonbinary individuals has been *** BMI thresholds are often meant to be protective,restricting patients from access to surgery can also cause *** is a rationale for the continued use of BMI,but the inherent problems with it must also be recognized,including how weight stigma impacts patients’access to gender-affirming surgery and influences clinical *** article uses a narrative review of current literature to discuss how high BMI affects surgical outcomes in gender-affirming genital surgeries,as well as analogous procedures,existing de facto BMI thresholds,and how to both minimize the harms of proceeding with surgery in patients with a high BMI or the harms of delaying for weight *** factors into surgical decision-making based on the existing literature,which demonstrates that high BMI is associated with increased surgical risk,including higher incidences of surgical site infections and poor wound healing,as well as the possibility of free flap complications,which are a component of certain genital *** patient population is at higher risk for eating disorders,and it is prudent to find alternatives to requiring patient self-monitored weight *** impacts of weight stigma should be considered when treating gender-affirming surgery patients,and further data and research are needed to augment shared decision-making and lead to practice change.
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