Prevalence, characteristics, and correlates of teasing experiences among overweight children vs. non-overweight peers

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1381-1392

  Hayden Wade, Helen A ^a,g   Stein, Richard I ^b   Ghaderi, Ata ^d   Saelens, Brian E ^e   Zabinski, Marion F ^f   Wilfley, Denise E ^c  

^a CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorder; Peer rejection; Peer victimization; Psychosocial; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 32944477928     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.167     Document Type: Article

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