The burden of the burden: Current advances in weight stigma research

Obesity Facts

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-6

  Hilbert, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77949370009     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000281837     Document Type: Editorial

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