Weight bias in work settings - A qualitative review

Obesity Facts

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Giel, Katrin Elisabeth ^a   Thiel, Ansgar ^b   Teufel, Martin ^a   Mayer, Jochen ^b   Zipfel, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Obesity; Overweight; Psychological aspects; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STEREOTYPY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

BODY WEIGHT; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREJUDICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77949394179     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000276992     Document Type: Review

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