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How and why weight stigma drives the obesity ‘epidemic’ and harms health
BACKGROUND: In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is a correspondingly pervasive and strong culture of weight stigma. For example, representative studies show that some forms of weight discrimination are more prevalent even than discrimination based on race or...
Autores principales: | Tomiyama, A. Janet, Carr, Deborah, Granberg, Ellen M., Major, Brenda, Robinson, Eric, Sutin, Angelina R., Brewis, Alexandra |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6092785/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30107800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1116-5 |
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