Through our work we have highlighted areas in which guidance to useful resources may be valuable to our students, partners and colleagues. If you require guidance to resources or information not outlined here, please get in contact.
WEIGHT STIGMA
- ECPO – Ytisebo
- National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
- Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)
- Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)
- STOP Weight Bias
- Harvard Weight Implicit Association Test (IAT)
- OPEN ACCESS (FREE) Flint, S. W. (2021). Time to end weight stigma in healthcare. EClinicalMedicine, 34. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00090-0/fulltext
- OPEN ACCESS (FULL ARTICLE FREE) Emmer, C., Bosnjak, M., & Mata, J. (2020). The association between weight stigma and mental health: A meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews, 21(1), e12935.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/obr.12935
- OPEN ACCESS (FREE) Rubino, F., Puhl, R. M., Cummings, D. E., Eckel, R. H., Ryan, D. H., Mechanick, J. I., … & Dixon, J. B. (2020). Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity. Nature medicine, 26(4), 485-497.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0803-x
- OPEN ACCESS (FREE) Roberts, K. J., & Polfuss, M. L. (2022). Weight stigma in children and adolescents: Recommendations for practice and policy. Nursing2022, 52(6), 17-24.
3D BODY SURFACE IMAGING
- Gill, S, Brownbridge, K, Panchenko, A, Hayes, S and Wren, P (2014) Practical Considerations of Applying Body Scanning as a Teaching and Research Tool. In: 5th International Conference on 3D Body Scanning Technologies, 21 October 2014 – 22 October 2014, Lugano, Switzerland.
SPORT
BODY COMPOSITION:
- Mathisen, T. F., Ackland, T., Burke, L. M., Constantini, N., Haudum, J., Macnaughton, L. S., … & Sundgot-Borgen, J. (2023). Best practice recommendations for body composition considerations in sport to reduce health and performance risks: a critical review, original survey and expert opinion by a subgroup of the IOC consensus on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). British Journal of Sports Medicine, 57(17), 1148-1158.
- Mountjoy, M., Ackerman, K. E., Bailey, D. M., Burke, L. M., Constantini, N., Hackney, A. C., … & Erdener, U. (2023). 2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs). British journal of sports medicine, 57(17), 1073-1097.
- Body Composition: more than just a number – BJSM blog: https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2024/05/06/body-composition-more-than-just-a-number/
BODY MASS:
- Swim England position statement on process of weighing athletes: https://www.swimming.org/sport/swim-england-statement-weighing-athletes/#:~:text=The%20recommendation%20from%20the%20national,polo%2C%20artistic%20swimming%20and%20diving.
- Burke, L. M., Slater, G. J., Matthews, J. J., Langan-Evans, C., & Horswill, C. A. (2021). ACSM expert consensus statement on weight loss in weight-category sports. Current Sports Medicine Reports, 20(4), 199-217.