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Tendency to Avoid Physical Activity and Sport: Associations with Weight Stigma, and Psychological Distress in a Two-Wave Longitudinal Study

Saffari Mohsen^1,2,#, Yi-Ching Lin^3,#, Po-Ching Huang⁴, Yu-Ting Huang⁵, Ru-Yi Huang^6,7, Chi Hsien Huang^8,9,*, Jung-Sheng Chen¹⁰, Wai Chuen Poon¹¹, Mark D. Griffiths¹², Chung-Ying Lin^5,13,14,15,*

1 Health Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1435916471, Iran
2 Health Education Department, Faculty of Health, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1435916471, Iran
3 Department of Early Childhood and Family Education, National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
4 School of Physical Therapy, Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan
5 Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
6 Division of Family Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, and School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
7 Data Science Degree Program, National Taiwan University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
8 Department of Family Medicine and Community Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, 824, Taiwan
9 College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, 840, Taiwan
10 Department of Medical Research, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, 840, Taiwan
11 Sunway Business School, Sunway University, Selangor, 47500, Malaysia
12 International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG1 4BU, UK
13 Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
14 Biostatistics Consulting Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
15 Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan

* Corresponding Authors: Chi Hsien Huang. Email: ,; Chung-Ying Lin. Email:
# Saffari Mohsen and Yi-Ching Lin shared equal contribution to the paper