Weight stigma, addiction, science, and the medication of fatness in mid-twentieth century America

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 880-895

  Rasmussen, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Amphetamine; Endocrinology; Hilde Bruch; Medicalisation; Obesity; Psychiatry history; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCIENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SCIENCE; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863991818     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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