Weight stigma and eating behavior: A review of the literature

Appetite

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-14

  Vartanian, Lenny R ^a   Porter, Alexis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disordered eating; Eating behavior; Weight stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIET; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA; WEIGHT STIGMA; WELLBEING; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTHY DIET; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRECISION MEDICINE; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84965062822     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.01.034     Document Type: Article

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