“Guys, She's Humongous!”: Gender and Weight-Based Teasing in Adolescence

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-199

  Taylor, Nicole L ^a  

^a RMC RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; body image; ethnography; gender; obesity bias; stigma; weight based teasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053579343     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558410371128     Document Type: Article

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