Obesity bias among dietitians by using the fat people-thin people implicit association test

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-72

  Edelstein, Sari ^a   Silva, Nicole ^a   Mancini, Lisa ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Obesity bias; Patient bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DIETITIAN ATTITUDE; FAT PEOPLE THIN PEOPLE IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ATTITUDE;

EID: 68549118915     PISSN: 08835691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TIN.0b013e3181989af1     Document Type: Article

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