An experimental study of the role of weight bias in candidate evaluation

Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 712-718

  Miller, Beth J ^a   Lundgren, Jennifer D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950187835     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.492     Document Type: Article

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