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Escaping the stigma, Is there hope for obese adolescents?

1999-01-01

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Adolescents are teased and stigmatized for having a deviant body size which leads to a poor body image as the adolescent becomes an adult. Society defines which personal and physical traits are acceptable, and which are deviant for the general population. Today, persons with invisible stigmas, such as mental patients, escape the consequences of stigma as long as they keep the condition hidden from others. However...

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DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1999.9991589

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