• Body figure idealization and body appearance pressure in fitness instructors 

      Mathisen, Therese Fostervold; Aambø, Jenny Malene; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Svantorp-Tveiten, Kethe Marie Engen; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Purpose: The fitness centers are settings for health promotion, yet may serve as a stage for counterproductive figure idealization. Such idealization may take the form of a drive toward the thin, the muscular, or lean body ...
    • Exploring responses to body weight criticism: Defensive avoidance when weight is seen as controllable 

      Täuber, Susanne; Flint, Stuart W.; Gausel, Nicolay (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In Western society, weight moralization is reflected in the belief that weight is controllable across the weight spectrum. However, the effect of holding such beliefs is unclear. We therefore propose that these beliefs ...