The effects of reality television on weight bias: An examination of the biggest loser

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 993-998

  Domoff, Sarah E ^a   Hinman, Nova G ^a   Koball, Afton M ^a   Storfer Isser, Amy ^a   Carhart, Victoria L ^a   Baik, Kyoung D ^a   Carels, Robert A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTI FAT ATTITUDE; ANTI FAT ATTITUDES SCALE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATIONS TEST; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESE PERSON TRAIT SURVEY; OBESITY; RANDOMIZATION; REALITY TELEVISION; STIGMA; TELEVISION VIEWING; WEIGHT BIAS; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TELEVISION;

EID: 84860309530     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.378     Document Type: Article

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