Weight-related words associated with figure silhouettes

Body Image

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-384

  Greenleaf, Christy ^a   Starks, Misty ^a   Gomez, Laura ^b   Chambliss, Heather ^c   Martin, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Episcopal School of Dallas   (United States)

^c The Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antifat attitudes; Figure ratings; Overweight; Silhouettes; Skinny; Weight bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944270555     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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