Food addiction and its impact on weight-based stigma and the treatment of obese individuals in the U.S. and Australia

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5312-5326

  Lee, Natalia M ^a   Hall, Wayne D ^a   Lucke, Jayne ^b,c   Forlini, Cynthia ^c   Carter, Adrian ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Attitudes; Obesity; Responsibility; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD ADDICTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STIGMA; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; YALE FOOD ADDICTION SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; NUTRITION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930963057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6115312     Document Type: Article

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