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The Contribution of Applied Social Sciences to Obesity Stigma-Related Public Health Approaches

Obesity is viewed as a major public health concern, and obesity stigma is pervasive. Such marginalization renders obese persons a “special population.” Weight bias arises in part due to popular sources' attribution of obesity causation to individual lifestyle factors. This may not accurately re...

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Autor principal: Bombak, Andrea E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24782921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/267286