Obesity and discrimination - a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-55

  Spahlholz, J ^a,b   Baer, N ^b   Konig H H ^c   Riedel Heller, S G ^b   Luck Sikorski, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Obesity; Stigma; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL APPEARANCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEPRESSION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84958965145     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12343     Document Type: Review

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