No Clear Winner: Effects of The Biggest Loser on the Stigmatization of Obese Persons

Health Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 294-303

  Yoo, Jina H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPING; TELEVISION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; OBESITY; STEREOTYPING; TELEVISION;

EID: 84876240999     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2012.684143     Document Type: Article

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