The stigma of obesity: A review and update

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 941-964

  Puhl, Rebecca M ^a   Heuer, Chelsea A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEGRO; NURSE; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; NURSES; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349270581     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.636     Document Type: Review

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