Medical students' attitudes towards overweight and obesity.

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

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