Physical Therapists' Ways of Talking About Overweight and Obesity: Clinical Implications | Zendy

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Physical Therapists' Ways of Talking About Overweight and Obesity: Clinical Implications

Author(s) -

Jenny Setchell,

Bernadette Watson,

M. Gard,

Liz Jones

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20150286

Subject(s) - overweight , weight stigma , context (archaeology) , qualitative research , psychology , obesity , medicine , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , sociology , paleontology , social science , biology

How people think and talk about weight is important because it can influence their behavior toward people who are overweight. One study has shown that physical therapists have negative attitudes toward people who are overweight. However, how this finding translates into clinical practice is not well understood. Investigating physical therapists' ways of thinking and speaking about overweight and obesity in the context of their work can provide insight into this underresearched area.

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