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The stigma of obesity in the general public and its implications for public health - a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Up to this date, prevalence rates of obesity are still rising. Aside from co-morbid diseases, perceived discrimination and stigmatization leads to worsen outcomes in obese individuals. Higher stigmatizing attitudes towards obese individuals may also result in less support of preventive a...

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Autores principales: Sikorski, Claudia, Luppa, Melanie, Kaiser, Marie, Glaesmer, Heide, Schomerus, Georg, König, Hans-Helmut, Riedel-Heller, Steffi G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21859493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-661