Congratulations to BIH Master’s student, Jade Bailey, for her presentation at FEPSAC 2022 Padova! Jade’s research aimed to explore the antecedents and outcomes of a recalled weight stigmatizing experience in physical activity among adolescent girls. #FEPSAC2022

Congratulations to BIH PhD student, @KatarinaHuelle1, on her presentation at FEPSAC 2022 Padova! She shared insights into the development of a compassionate movement instrument - a novel construct capturing compassionate responding to gendered physical activity stressors. #FEPSAC2022

🗣New research characterizing #cheatmeals among #Canadian young people. 2/3 of men and 1/2 of women and TGNC participants engaged in cheat meals in the past 12 month. #openaccess 🔗 bit.ly/3A6z0qO Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto

🇨🇦Canadian Graduate students "privileged" enough to obtain federal scholarships receive a salary that hasn't been updated for 19 years. Most of us live under the poverty line. Tomorrow we'll be marching at the #SupportOurScience rally to PM Justin Trudeau's offices. Come join us!

New 📄 collaboration with Eva Pila, PhD in @jeatdisord notes the link between "cheat meals" and greater eating disorder behaviors and psychopathology, including binge-eating #westernuKin @VPRWesternU Western University 🔓 doi.org/10.1186/s40337…

🗣️ New paper published characterizing #bulkingandcutting among #canadian #adolescents and young adults. 🔗bit.ly/3RZck23 🖊️ Dr Mitchell Cunningham Eva Pila, PhD Rachel Rodgers Dr. Stuart Murray Jason Nagata, MD Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Graphic by MSW student RA Ali

‼️ A brand new scoping review has found associations between adverse childhood experiences & poor physical and mental health in those with less frequent physical activity engagement. Eva Pila, PhD Dr. Jane Thornton OLY Western Health Sciences

Seeking participants for a study on queer women's relationship with the body and physical activity!

Wrapping up our time at SCAPPS and reflecting on all of the fun we had! Congratulations to the organizing committee and all presenters involved in the success of this year’s events! #scapps2022

Highlights from Day 2 at SCAPPS — awesome day of presentations and learning all about the excellent new research! #scapps2022

If you are/will soon be a Post-Doc with expertise in longitudinal data management & analysis (UK Biobank SHARE_MEA Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)), consider joining us! The funding is from the prestigious Mitacs-Banting Discovery Foundation fellowship: $70k CAD/year! RT appreciated.

💥 #OriginalResearch "Beyond the medals: a cross-sectional study exploring retired elite #female #athletes’ health " by Dr. Jane Thornton OLY, margo mountjoy et al. Take a look at reported injuries and ongoing pain in athletes! Read more 👉 bit.ly/3vWeRkB #WeAreBOSEM

Meet #Westernu Kinesiology prof Eva Pila, PhD whose team is exploring the ways we think and feel about our bodies, and how it’s related to the physical activity we engage in and our experiences with that physical activity. @VPRWesternU uwo.ca/fhs/news/2023/…

I am so excited to share with you that I have written a book on what perfectionism is and how we escape it. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the soul-crushing need to compete for more or to be the best, this book is for you. Publishing June 2023 amzn.to/3ECyhzI

Clinicians/Clinical Instructors! Join Eva Pila, PhD and myself on June 15 (6-8 pm EST) to discuss weight stigma in clinical practice and how to disrupt it! uwo.ca/fhs/education/…

There’s still time to register!! #interprofessional #weightstigma #clinicalpractice #workshop #healthcareproviders #clinicians

Congratulations to undergraduate and Masters students Megan and Sara on sharing their presentation entitled 'Pathways and pitfalls to conducting ethical research on promoting weight inclusive physical activity' at the Wt Stigma Conference! #BIHresearch

New research from Body Image & Health Research Lab uncovers the link between body image flexibility and exercise motivation. Higher body image flexibility, accepting positive & negative body experiences, is linked to lower levels of controlled exercise motivation. Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New study alert! 🏃‍♂️🏋️‍♀️ How does body-related shame & guilt affect physical activity? Exciting new #BIHresearch using ecological momentary assessment & accelerometers. Findings suggest body-related guilt influences time spent in physical activity! Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Grateful for the incredible summer at Stanford University exploring advanced statistical methods for time series data with Nilam Ram, thanks to the support of SSHRC-MSFSS! 📊 Lots of learning, but excited for what’s ahead! Manuscripts in progress! ☺️