Thin is "in" and stout is "out": What animated cartoons tell viewers about body weight

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-116

  Klein, H ^a   Shiffman, K S ^b  

^a Silver Spring   (United States)

^b Cable News Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Animated cartoons; Body weight; Media content; Messages; Portrayals

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EMOTION; GENDER; INTELLIGENCE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEVISION; UNDERWEIGHT; ART; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CARTOONS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; TELEVISION;

EID: 27744495940     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327532     Document Type: Article

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