An examination of weight bias among treatment-seeking obese patients with and without binge eating disorder

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-180

  Barnes, Rachel D ^a   Ivezaj, Valentina ^a   Grilo, Carlos M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Binge eating; Obesity; Stigma; Weight bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDES TOWARDS OBESE PEOPLE SCALE; AWARENESS; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE BIAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ATTITUDES; BINGE EATING; OBESITY; STIGMA; WEIGHT BIAS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84895506760     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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