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Changing attitudes towards obesity – results from a survey experiment

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ID15366332
AuthorsClaudia Luck‐Sikorski (0000-0001-9791-3911, Leipzig University, corresponding author), C Luck-Sikorski, Steffi G Riedel-Heller (0000-0003-4321-6090, Leipzig University), Jo C Phelan (0000-0002-5031-4839, Columbia University)
Year2017
Volume17
Issue1
Pages373-373
Publication date2017-05-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-017-4275-y
PMID28464915
OpenAlexW2611959382
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited31

This study shows that media and public health campaigns may solidify beliefs that obesity is due to individual causes and consequently increase stigma when presenting individual behavior as a cause of obesity. Public health messages that emphasize the role of social environmental or genetic causes may be ineffective because of entrenched beliefs

Biostatistics · Environmental health · Obesity · Public health · Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention · Medicine · Nursing · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine

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Citations per year1,17
Citation span2020 - 2025 (6)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 7

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