Perceived discrimination and favourable regard toward underweight, normal weight and obese eating disorder sufferers: Implications for obesity and eating disorder population health campaigns

BMC Obesity

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Star, Anita ^a,b   Hay, Phillipa ^b,c   Quirk, Frances ^b,d,e   Mond, Jonathan ^c,f  

^a Private Practice   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Binge eating; Body image; Obesity; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIGMA; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84969367210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20529538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40608-014-0032-2     Document Type: Article

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