EXERCISE AS A MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR THE OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE: WHERE DOES RESISTANCE EXERCISE FIT IN?

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TO THE EDITOR: As a long-time National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) member, I was honored to have a recent article published in the October issue of Strength and Conditioning Journal (SCJ) (3). However, I was disappointed to see that the published version of the article contained editorial changes that were not, in my opinion, in keeping with "people first language" (2). I have since learned that these changes were made for grammatical reasons. While I appreciate the importance of proper grammar, the decision to replace "overweight and obesity" with "the overweight and obese," does, in my opinion, change the tone of the article. My intent was to describe how exercise can assist in the management of excess bodyweight, specifically the conditions of "overweight and obesity."