Obesity-associated stigma and physiological markers of stress: Evidence from the Dominican Republic

Stress and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-246

  Muennig, Peter ^a   Bench, Kara Keating ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Obesity; Social desirability; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STIGMA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70049095843     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1243     Document Type: Article

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