Background: It is recognized that physicians play an important role in responding to the
nation's obesity epidemic. Little is known, however, about what physicians say to their obese …

Recently, motherhood and pregnancy in elite sport have received increased attention in
sport media. Through a comprehensive news media search across Factiva as well as a gray …

Abstract This feminist qualitative research draws on data from 14 semi-structured interviews
with pregnant or parenting elite female distance runners. Using three theoretical approaches …

The impact of physical activity on mental health outcomes is well-established. Researchers
have suggested that engagement in physical activity may have benefits for people with post-…

Trauma- and violence-informed physical activity (TVIPA) is a feasible approach to improve
access/engagement in physical activity for pregnant/parenting women with experiences of …

Several female athletes have recently challenged the long-standing assumption that
pregnancy/parenthood (particularly motherhood) and participation in elite-level sport are mutually …

The primary objective of this community-based participatory research is to explore the
impacts of COVID-19 and the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on world-class and elite/…

Cultural safety is an approach currently used in health care that is meant to address health
disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and colonizing practices in …

Problem Excessive weight gain and physical inactivity in pregnancy have been identified as
risk factors for negative health outcomes for mothers and fetuses, particularly among …

The purpose of this article is to examine health/service providers’ perspectives of barriers to
healthy weight gain and physical activity for urban, pregnant First Nations women in Ottawa, …