Prejudice toward fat people: The development and validation of the antifat attitudes test

Obesity Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-307

  Lewis, Robin J ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifat attitudes; Fat acceptance; Fat prejudice; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031181233     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1997.tb00555.x     Document Type: Article

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