Weight bias among professionals treating eating disorders: Attitudes about treatment and perceived patient outcomes

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-75

  Puhl, Rebecca M ^a   Latner, Janet D ^b   King, Kelly M ^a   Luedicke, Joerg ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; obesity; treatment; weight bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STEREOTYPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTITUDES; OBESITY; TREATMENT; WEIGHT BIAS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84890556147     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22186     Document Type: Article

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