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However, due to the known psychological burden of receiving an infertility diagnosis, there is an important need to consider the psychosocial impact of administering exercise programming for this population. This study aims to assess the psychosocial impact of exercise-based interventions on individuals with obesity and infertility through a rapid scoping review and a pilot study. The rapid scoping review was conducted in MedLine, Embase, and CINAHL. Studies involving exercise-based lifestyle interventions for people with obesity and infertility were included only if they measured a psychosocial outcome as a primary or secondary measure. Expanding upon evidence from our rapid review, a pre-experimental feasibility study (pre-test, post-test with one group) was conducted. The pilot study implemented a virtual exercise intervention for people with obesity and experiencing infertility. Questionnaires measuring anxiety and depression, quality of life (QoL), social support, fertility-related stress, and hopelessness were administered. Based on the nine articles from our rapid review, there is evidence that lifestyle interventions combining exercise, diet, and psychobehavioral components improve psychosocial outcomes like anxiety, depression, QoL, and self-esteem. In our pilot study, 11 participants (Age: 34\u2009\u00b1\u20093.7, BMI: 40.3\u2009\u00b1\u20094.54) engaged in the virtual exercise intervention, and seven completed the post-intervention questionnaires. The results of our pilot study showed improvements in depression, hopelessness, physical QoL, and fertility-related stress scores. However, we observed declines in anxiety, mental QoL, and perceived social support measures. Our mixed findings may be due to the unique context of our pilot study. 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