Perceived causes of obesity, emotions, and attitudes about Discrimination Policy

Mark R. Joslyn and Donald P. Haider-Markel

Social Science & Medicine, 2019, vol. 223, issue C, 97-103

Abstract: Although obesity represents a potential public health crisis, our understanding of public perceptions of obesity, emotional responses to the obese, and related policy preferences is limited.

Keywords: Obesity; Emotions; Attitudes; Causal attributions; Discrimination; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.01.019

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