Portrayals of Overweight and Obese Individuals on Commercial Television

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1342-1348

  Greenberg, Bradley S ^a   Eastin, Matthew ^b   Hofschire, Linda ^a   Lachlan, Ken ^a   Brownell, Kelly D ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONVERSATION; EATING; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POPULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; HUMOR; LITERATURE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOTYPE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRAMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; ROLE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOMATOTYPES; STEREOTYPING; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0042885753     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.8.1342     Document Type: Article

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