TY  - JOUR
TI  - Evaluation of a weight-inclusive health coaching programme on body appreciation and eating competence in university students: a pilot study
AU  - Squires, N.
AU  - Papini, N.
AU  - White, D.
AU  - Lopez, N.
AU  - Lee, S.
AU  - Lee, J.
AU  - Clifford, D.
AB  - Weight-inclusive health coaching provides a viable alternative to traditional weight-centric models of care and may assist clients in implementing sustainable health behaviours. The purpose of this project was to assess the impact of a six-session university campus health coaching programme (UCAN) on eating competence and body appreciation in university students. The UCAN intervention included twenty-eight participants (88.9% female, 89.3% white) who completed six individual weekly motivational interviewing sessions. Pre- and post-surveys included demographic questions, the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2), and the Satter Eating Competence Inventory (ecSI 2.0). Paired samples t-tests were conducted to determine changes in body appreciation and eating competence from pre- to post-intervention. There was a statistically significant increase in body appreciation (Mpre = 3.46, Mpost = 3.72, p = .01) and in eating competence (Mpre = 29.62, Mpost = 33.38, p = .003) from pre- to post-intervention. Results from the study indicate that participation in a six-week weight-inclusive health coaching programme was associated with improvements in body appreciation and eating competence one week after the final session. Future research would benefit from replicating this study with a more diverse population.  
IS  - 1
JO  - Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice
PY  - 2026
UR  - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17521882.2025.2546351
VL  - 19
LA  - English
ER  -