A historical analysis of public health, the law, and stigmatized social groups: The need for both obesity and weight bias legislation

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Pomeranz, Jennifer L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY WEIGHT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; OBESITY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55349096102     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.452     Document Type: Review

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