Taniya Nagpal

Taniya Nagpal is an Assistant Professor at Brock University in Kinesiology. Taniya’s research takes a person-oriented approach to understand weight stigma and bias during pregnancy and the effect this may have on maternal health behaviours like physical activity, clinical interactions, and perinatal outcomes. The goal of this work is to inform inclusive clinical practices and lifestyle interventions, and contribute to dismantling weight biased public discourse in pregnancy. Taniya completed her PhD from The University of Western Ontario and her thesis work was focused on enhancing adherence to prenatal physical activity. She then completed her post-doctoral fellowship with The University of Ottawa and The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC), where she explored weight bias experienced in pregnancy in clinical settings, and supported knowledge translation initiatives with The SOGC. She is actively involved as an action committee member with Obesity Canada, steering committee member with The American College of Sports Medicine Pregnancy and Exercise Group, and incoming Co-Chair for the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Children and Families Special Interest Group.