The relationship between narrative classification of obesity and support for public policy interventions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-35

  Thibodeau, Paul H ^a   Perko, Victoria L ^b   Flusberg, Stephen J ^c  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Metaphor; Narrative; Obesity; Public policy; Reasoning; Schema

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH POLICY; OBESITY; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLAME ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CLASSIFICATION; EATING DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939434780     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.07.023     Document Type: Article

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