This guideline update reflects substantial advances in the epidemiology, determinants,
pathophysiology, assessment, prevention and treatment of obesity, and shifts the focus of obesity …

Background.Participation in occupations of everyday life, such as self-care, work, and
leisure, contribute to health and well-being. Obesity has been shown to influence health-related …

This review is based on an exploration of the published literature over the past 20 years in
the area of weight bias, stigma and discrimination and its association with obesity treatment. …

Purpose. Given the significant increase in obesity rates and associated health risks, understanding
obesity treatment in the context of disability is important to rehabilitation practitioners. …

Objective: The study’s purpose was to identify and synthesize research evidence regarding
the effect of the environment on community participation of children with disabilities. Methods…

An important association exists between obesity and mental illness that impacts all aspects
of an individual's quality of life. This association can begin early in the developmental …

Methods: Using comprehensive self-report measures with 2866 individuals in Canada, the
United States, Iceland and Australia, the authors assessed (1) levels of explicit weight bias (…

Obesity is a health condition that, through a complex interaction of biopsychosocial and
environmental factors, is associated with mobility disability. The mobility disability experienced …

Aim:The purpose of this scoping review was to explore the evidence on how perceptions
and/or experiences of weight bias in primary health care influence engagement with and …

Background/Objective. Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is a hidden condition of reduced lean soft
tissue (LST) in context of excess adiposity. SO is most commonly reported in older adults and …