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Is Weight Bias Evident in Peer Interactions Between Young and Older Children?

Michelle KilmurraySylvie C CollinsIan D CatersonAndrew John Hill
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2019)
Covert weight bias was apparent in the interactions of some of these children, but overt weight bias was rare. There is a need to establish a better chronology of children's awareness of, and attitudes toward, obesity and how they are acquired.
Keyphrases
  • weight loss
  • young adults
  • physical activity
  • weight gain
  • body mass index
  • metabolic syndrome
  • insulin resistance
  • body weight
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • magnetic resonance
  • high fat diet induced
  • community dwelling