Overweight girls who internalize fat stereotypes report low psychosocial well-being

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Davison, Kirsten K ^a   Schmalz, Dorothy L ^b   Young, Laurie M ^a   Birch, Leann L ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 55349146584     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.451     Document Type: Article

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