Media appearances.
Below is a selection of my recent media appearances, where you can hear more about the work I do outside of academic publications!
Tucker Center Talks
Dr Kat Schneider delves into her specialised work on body image, weight bias, and weight stigma in sports. The episode also focuses on the Body Confident Sport project, and its offshoot, Body Confident Coaching.
Consilience Podcast
Kat Schneider sheds light on the pressing need to challenge prevailing notions of body image, encouraging fitness professionals to adopt a more inclusive and compassionate approach.
Appearance Matters
Find out more about Body Confident Sport—two new body image programmes designed to support girls in sport settings. Nadia speaks with Dr Emily Matheson, Dr Kat Schneider, Dr Courtney Boucher, and Dr Nicole LaVoi to hear more about this 3-year project from conception to dissemination.
Healthcare Unprofessionals
Health and fitness professionals have the highest rates of weight stigma/bias...which is not ideal considering the majority of individuals in larger bodies will seek out their help. Dr Kat Schneider joins Michelle Carroll to talk all things coaching and weight stigma.
Lift The Bar
We unpack body image, weight stigma, and weight bias—focusing on their impact in sport and exercise settings. We explore the persistent challenges in the health and fitness industry, the importance of challenging weight bias, and practical ways personal trainers can create more size-inclusive and welcoming environments.
Coaching With Integrity
In this episode we cover: what weight stigma and weight bias actually means and how it presents, the correlation of weight vs health, how to start challenging our own weight bias as coaches, simple steps towards weight inclusive coaching, and diversity and representation within the industry.
