Unprompted generation of obesity stereotypes

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages

  Horsburgh McLeod, Geri ^a   Latner, J D ^b   O'Brien, K S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free response; Obesity; Stereotypes; Stigmatization; Weight bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PATIENT CODING; RANDOMIZATION; STEREOTYPY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77449139985     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327815     Document Type: Article

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