Weight based stereotyping amongst pre-service health and physical educators

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Werkhoven, Thea, Cotton, Wayne and Russell, Kate ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-8631 (2015) Weight based stereotyping amongst pre-service health and physical educators. International Journal of e-Healthcare Information Systems, 2 (1). pp. 31-38.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the fat stereotyping attitudes of pre-service health and physical educators towards overweight and obese children and to determine if these attitudes were influenced by gender or degree progression. Pre-service health and physical educators (n=38) completed the Fat Stereotypes Questionnaire and endorsed fat stereotyping attitudes on characteristics and attributes including laziness, attractiveness and friendship. Males and females exhibited differing attitudes during their second and third year of study with males associating happiness with thinness whereas females associated it with fatness. Attitudes towards obesity worsened longitudinally with degree progression. Thus, when fat stereotyping attitudes are held by pre-service health and physical educators they are influenced by progression of degree and gender. Further research is required to determine the effect that these attitudes have on the quality of teaching and learning provided to their students once they graduate.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: teachers,health education,weight stereotypes,physical education and training,education,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3304
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education and Lifelong Learning
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Sport, Health And Education
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Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 23 Jun 2016 23:12
Last Modified: 24 May 2023 02:23
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59562
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