When Overweight Is the Normal Weight: An Examination of Obesity Using a Social Media Internet Database

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Kuebler, Meghan ^a   Yom Tov, Elad ^b   Pelleg, Dan ^c   Puhl, Rebecca M ^d   Muennig, Peter ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^c YAHOO RESEARCH   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BULLYING; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BULLYING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIAL MEDIA; THINNESS;

EID: 84884245495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073479     Document Type: Article

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