Health and health-related quality of life among treatment-seeking overweight and obese adults: Associations with internalized weight bias

Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Latner, Janet D ^a   Durso, Laura E ^b   Mond, Jonathan M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Internalized weight bias; Mental health impairment; Obesity; Overweight; Physical health impairment

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930166607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20502974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-2974-1-3     Document Type: Article

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