'I feel fat': Weight-related stigma, body esteem, and BMI as predictors of perceived competence in physical activity

Obesity Facts

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-21

  Schmalz, Dorothy L ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Objective weight status; Physical activity; Stigma consciousness; Subjective weight status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETENCE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949385839     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000273210     Document Type: Article

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