Chapter 3 – Obesity

3.3 Obesity Bias References

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  2. Danielsdottir S, O′Brien KS, Ciao A. Anti-fat prejudice reduction: A review of published studies. Obes Facts 2010;3:47-58.  
  3. Puhl R, Gold A, Luedicke J, and DePierre, J. The effect of physicians’ body weight on patient attitudes: implications for physician selection, trust and adherence to medical advice. International Journal of Obesity (2013) 37, 1415–1421; doi:10.1038/ijo.2013.33; published online 19 March 2013.
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    April 2015, Pages 319–326.
  5. O’Brien KS, Puhl RM, Latner JD, Mir AS, Hunter JA. Reducing anti-fat prejudice in pre-service health students: a randomized trial. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2010; 18: 2138–2144.
  6. Lewis S, Thomas SL, Hyde J, Castle D, Blood RW, Komesaroff PA. ‘I don’t eat a hamburger and large chips every day!’ A qualitative study of the impact of public health messages about obesity on obese adults. BMC Public Health 2010; 10: 309.
  7. Puhl, R and Kelly, D, “Bias, Discrimination, and Obesity”, OBESITY RESEARCH Vol. 9 No. 12 December 2001.
  8. Puhl, R. M., Luedicke, J. and Grilo, C. M. (2014), Obesity bias in training: Attitudes, beliefs, and observations among advanced trainees in professional health disciplines. Obesity, 22: 1008–1015. doi:10.1002/oby.20637.
  9. Acknowledging Individual Responsibility while Emphasizing Social Determinants in Narratives to Promote Obesity-Reducing Public Policy: A Randomized Experiment; Jeff Niederdeppe. * E-mail: jdn56@cornell.edu.  Affiliation Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America.  Sungjong Roh, Affiliation Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America.  Michael A. Shapiro.  Affiliation Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America.  Published: February 23, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117565
  10. Rossen, Lauren M. “Neighbourhood economic deprivation explains racial/ethnic disparities in overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in the USA.” J Epidemiol Community Health 68.2 (2014): 123-129.

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