Setting policy priorities to address eating disorders and weight stigma: Views from the field of eating disorders and the US general public

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Puhl, Rebecca M ^a   Neumark Sztainer, Dianne ^b   Austin, S Bryn ^c   Luedicke, Joerg ^a   King, Kelly M ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Policy; Prevention; Public support; Stigma; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902290908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-524     Document Type: Article

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