Predictors of fat stereotypes among 9-year-old girls and their parents

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-94

  Davison, Kirsten Krahnstoever ^a   Birch, Leann Lipps ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Parents; Prejudice; Stereotype; Weight concerns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EATING DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTS; PREJUDICE; STEREOTYPING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 2342644895     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.12     Document Type: Article

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