Weight-Inclusive Approaches to Nutrition and Dietetics: A Needed Paradigm Shift.

Autor: Levinson JA; Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA., Clifford D; Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ., Laing EM; Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA., Harris CL; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA., Slagel N; Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Dietetics, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO., Squires ND; Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ., Hunger JM; Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH. Electronic address: hungerjm@miamioh.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of nutrition education and behavior [J Nutr Educ Behav] 2024 Dec; Vol. 56 (12), pp. 923-930. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 30.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2024.07.007
Abstrakt: This Perspective article encourages the field of nutrition and dietetics to move away from a weight-centric paradigm that emphasizes weight loss and weight management as primary health outcomes. This approach can perpetuate weight stigma, which is associated with poorer health behaviors, poorer mental health, disordered eating, and even increased mortality risk. We propose an alternative approach-adopting a weight-inclusive paradigm-that focuses on providing care across the weight spectrum by centering health behaviors rather than weight. This approach allows individuals of all sizes to have equitable access to high-quality nutrition and dietetics care.
(Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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