Nutrition And Nonnutrition Majors Have More Favorable Attitudes Toward Overweight People Than Personal Overweight
Journal of the American Dietetic AssociationPublished 1 May 1995
Laura H. McArthur
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Abstract
Unfavorable attitudes toward overweight people in the United States have been reported in surveys of the general public (1,2), children (3–5), college students (6–11), college admissions officials (12,13), potential employers (14,15), and overweight persons (2,16–19). Similar attitudes have been expressed by health professionals, including physicians (20,21), nurses (22,24), psycho therapists (25–28), and nutritionists (29–31).
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