Vulnerability to fat-stigma in women's everyday relationships

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 491-497

  Brewis, Alexandra A ^a   Hruschka, Daniel J ^a   Wutich, Amber ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Norms; Obesity; Overweight; Relationships; Social networks; Stigma; Suffering; USA; Weight discrimination; Women

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL NETWORK; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LAZINESS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL NETWORK; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARIZONA; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051801980     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.048     Document Type: Article

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