Attitudes towards obesity in the Swedish general population: The role of one's own body size, weight satisfaction, and controllability beliefs about obesity

Body Image

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-50

  Hansson, Lena M ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards obesity; Body image; Body size; Gender; Obesity; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDES TOWARDS OBESITY; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STEREOTYPING; STIGMA; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTITUDES TOWARDS OBESITY; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; GENDER; OBESITY; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; STEREOTYPING; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891633692     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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