Dysfunctional eating attitudes and behaviors among athletes: The role and potential of virtual reality.

This brief article discusses the current state of knowledge on the use of virtual reality in assessing and/or treating body image and body image disturbances among athletes with dysfunctional eating attitudes and behaviors ( i.e., eating disorders and disordered eating).

When Eating Intuitively Is Not Always a Positive Response: Using Machine Learning to Better Unravel Eaters Profiles.

Background: The aim of the present study was to identify eaters profiles using the latest advantages of Machine Learning approach to cluster analysis.

Methods: A total of 317 participants completed an online-based survey including self-reported measures of body image dissatisfaction, bulimia, restraint, and intuitive eating. Analyses were conducted in two steps: (a) identifying an optimal number of clusters, and (b) validating the clustering model of eaters profile using a procedure inspired by the Causal Reasoning approach.

Body perceptions, occupations, eating attitudes, and behaviors emerged during the pandemic: An exploratory cluster analysis of eaters profiles.

Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted people's mental and physical health. Three areas have been significantly impacted, among others: eating-related behaviors, occupational balance, and exposure to self-image due to videoconferencing. This study aims to explore and document eaters profiles that were reported during the pandemic in the general Canadian population using a holistic perspective, including body perceptions, attitudes, and eating behaviors (i.

[Conceptualization of the role of expert in enabling occupation by occupational therapy fieldwork supervisors].

Background: The use of occupation-focused language in clinical settings is essential to supervision of student occupational therapists since training is based, at least in part, on the competencies described in The Profile of Occupational Therapy Practice in Canada (Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, 2007).

Purpose: This article describes how occupational therapists conceptualize the competencies related to the role of "expert in enabling occupation."

Methods: Qualitative data collected from 56 occupational therapists across eight focus groups were categorized using content analysis through a process of constant comparison.