Do media portrayals of obesity influence support for weight-related medical policy?

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-200

  Brochu, Paula M ^a   Pearl, Rebecca L ^a   Puhl, Rebecca M ^a   Brownell, Kelly D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Media; Obesity; Policy support; Stigma; Weight bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; OBESITY; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; STEREOTYPING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893039874     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032592     Document Type: Article

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