"Obese people" vs "Fat people": Impact of group label on weight bias

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Vartanian, Lenny R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti fat attitudes; Fat; Obese; Terminology; Weight bias

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT CHANGE;

EID: 78650686264     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325299     Document Type: Article

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