Examining the Effect of Role-playing Exercise by Utilizing an Obesity Suit in a Simulation Scenario on Weight Bias and Empathy Levels Among Nutrition Sciences Students

Anti-Fat Attitudes questionnaire ('AFA')

The 'AFA' indicates explicit anti-fat attitudes toward people with obesity and is composed of 13-items rated on a 10-point Likert scale and divided into three subscales ('dislike', 'fear about fat' and 'willpower'), with higher total scores indicating stronger anti-fat attitudes.

Time frame: Change from baseline at three- weeks post-intervention

The short-form of fat-phobia scale (' F-scale')

The 'F-scale' indicates fat-phobic attitudes toward people with obesity and is composed of 14-pairs of adjectives that are used to describe people with obesity (e.g., 'no willpower' vs. 'has willpower') and ranked on a 1-5 scale according to the point closest to the adjective name that describes their feelings and beliefs. Higher scores indicate stronger fat-phobic attitudes.

Time frame: Change from baseline at three- weeks post-intervention

Weight Implicit Association Test ('IAT')

IAT tool is an indirect measure of implicit bias toward weight which uses the constructs of "fat people" versus "thin people" and the polarized attitudes of "good" and "bad" to detect implicit weight bias.

Time frame: Change from baseline at three- weeks post-intervention

The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (S-version)

A 20-item scale that is designed to measure empathy in medical students.

Time frame: Change from baseline at three- weeks post-intervention