Confronting and coping with weight stigma: An investigation of overweight and obese adults

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1802-1815

  Puhl, Rebecca M ^a   Brownell, Kelly D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; BMI; Coping; Mental health; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33846844928     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.208     Document Type: Article

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