Obesity in print: An analysis of daily newspapers

Obesity Facts

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-51

  Hilbert, Anja ^a   Ried, Jens ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Media; Newspapers; Stigmatization; Weight stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; GERMANY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STIGMA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING;

GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEWSPAPERS; OBESITY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 62849083923     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000195697     Document Type: Article

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