Intersectionality: An Understudied Framework for Addressing Weight Stigma

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 421-431

  Himmelstein, Mary S ^a   Puhl, Rebecca M ^a,b   Quinn, Diane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STIGMA; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020063389     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.04.003     Document Type: Article

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