Malleability of weight-biased attitudes and beliefs: A meta-analysis of weight bias reduction interventions

Body Image

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 251-259

  Lee, Morgan ^a   Ata, Rheanna N ^a   Brannick, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti fat attitudes; Anti fat beliefs; Interventions; Meta analysis; Weight bias

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EMPATHY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

BODY IMAGE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; THINNESS;

EID: 84902650799     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.03.003     Document Type: Review

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