An attempt to reduce negative stereotyping of obesity in children by changing controllability beliefs

Health Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-152

  Anesbury, Tracy ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0034085140     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/15.2.145     Document Type: Article

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