The prevalence of weight loss maintenance among American adults
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The Role of Stigma in Weight Loss Maintenance Among U.S. Adults.
BACKGROUND Challenges of maintaining long-term weight loss are well-established and present significant obstacles in obesity prevention and treatment. A neglected but potentially important barrier to weight-loss maintenance is weight stigmatization. PURPOSE We examined the role of weight stigma-experienced and internalized-as a contributor to weight-loss maintenance and weight regain in adult...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Obesity
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0307-0565,1476-5497
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801075