School physical activity interventions: Do not forget about obesity bias

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Rukavina, P B ^a   Li, W ^b  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness raising; Obesity bias; Physical activity; Receptivity

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSCIOUSNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREJUDICE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 37249063302     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00403.x     Document Type: Review

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