Stigmatization of overweight Mexican children

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-105

  Bacardi Gascón, Montserrat ^a   Leon Reyes, Maria Juana ^a   Jiménez Cruz, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Discrimination; Overweight Mexican children; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEXICO; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34249807937     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-006-0045-2     Document Type: Article

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