Medical students' attitudes towards overweight and obesity.

OBJECTIVE: Studies from the USA have identified medical students as a major source of stigmatizing attitudes towards overweight and obese individuals. As data from Europe is scarce, medical students' attitudes were investigated at the University of Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany. DESIGN: Cross-sec...

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Main Authors: Birte Pantenburg, Claudia Sikorski, Melanie Luppa, Georg Schomerus, Hans-Helmut König, Perla Werner, Steffi G Riedel-Heller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3489830?pdf=render