Support for laws to prohibit weight discrimination in the united states: Public attitudes from 2011 to 2013

Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1872-1879

  Suh, Young ^a   Puhl, Rebecca ^a   Liu, Sai ^a   Fleming Milici, Frances ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychosocial; Public Health; Public Policy; Stigma; Weight related Discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CIVIL RIGHTS; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; LAW; MALE; OBESITY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT DISCRIMINATION; ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY WEIGHT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904982536     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20750     Document Type: Article

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