Gesundheitsdiskurse, Schlankheitsideale und sportliche Aktivitäten

Empowering Women in the Face of Body Ideals: A Scoping Review of Health Promotion Programs

“…Therefore, working toward sustainable change requires health professionals and women to engage in dialogue; a distinguishing feature of the empowerment process that allows for the creation of shared understanding and “true” learning (Freire, 1973). This exchange is critical to women’s empowerment because it integrates women’s personal circumstances into health ambitions and simultaneously challenges societal pressures to adopt short-term and failure-prone aims, such as the idealized body, intensive fitness plans, fad dieting, and gendered perfectionism (Harman & Burrows, 2019; Pfister et al, 2017; Strömbäck et al, 2014). Accordingly, programs that emphasize sustainable change have demonstrated promising outcomes for women, such as increased control over health through the improved ability to set realistic health goals (Huberty et al, 2009).…”

“…For example, weight-targeted approaches rely on the assumption that a person’s body size is indicative of their health status (Bacon & Aphramor, 2011; Tomiyama et al, 2013; Tylka et al, 2014). This assumption disempowers women by stigmatizing bodies that exceed a BMI of 24.9 kg/m 2 , creating a narrow window for health success, and perpetuating the societal value of an “ideal” body size and the many associated health-damaging consequences (Bacon & Aphramor, 2011; Pfister et al, 2017; Tylka et al, 2014). Alternatively, a strength-based approach emphasizes weight-inclusivity recognizing that all bodies have the ability to be healthy independent of illness or weight.…”