Examining pre-adolescents' and adolescents' negative attitudes towards obese individuals : A developmental perspective.

• Main Author: Lim, Eulindra Weiqing.
• Other Authors: Ang Pei-Hui, Rebecca
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40072
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Obesity as a global epidemic is progressing on an upward trend. With the literature having established the effects of the prejudice faced by obese individuals, this study aims to investigate the influences underlying preadolescents’ and adolescents’ negative attitudes towards obese others using a su...