Public opinion about laws to prohibit weight discrimination in the United States

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-82

  Puhl, Rebecca M ^a   Heuer, Chelsea A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650677982     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.126     Document Type: Article

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