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Perceived Weight Discrimination Mediates the Prospective Relation Between Obesity and Depressive Symptoms in U.S. and U.K. Adults

Objective: Obesity has been shown to increase risk of depression. Persons with obesity experience discrimination because of their body weight. Across 3 studies, we tested for the first time whether experiencing (perceived) weight-based discrimination explains why obesity is prospectively associated...

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Autores principales: Robinson, Eric, Sutin, Angelina, Daly, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Psychological Association 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27748611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000426