Weight Bias among Health Professionals Specializing in Obesity

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1033-1039

  Schwartz, Marlene B ^a   Chambliss, Heather O'Neal ^b   Brownell, Kelly D ^a   Blair, Steven N ^b   Billington, Charles ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Implicit attitudes; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0346310523     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.142     Document Type: Article

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