Obesity (Sometimes) Matters: The Importance of Context in the Relationship between Obesity and Life Satisfaction

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 196-214

  Wadsworth, Tim ^a   Pendergast, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

BRFSS data; happiness; life satisfaction; multilevel models; obesity; reference group theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901444389     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146514533347     Document Type: Article

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