Understanding anti-fat bias in children: The role of media and appearance anxiety in third to sixth graders' implicit and explicit attitudes toward obesity

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-140

  Bissell, Kim ^a   Hays, Hal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 78751637008     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205430903464592     Document Type: Article

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