Life Course Perspective and Body Weight Discrimination: An Integrated Approach to Understand the Relationship Between Obesity and Food Insecurity in Women.

Introduction: Excess body weight, is a prevalent and  growing health problem among U.S. women and has multiple consequences on their health. Women with excess weight experience discrimination in multiple domains. Multiple studies have concluded that household food insecurity (HFI) is often associat...

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Main Author: Tatiana Martinez-Jaikel
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Centroamericano de Población 2017-06-01
Series:Población y Salud en Mesoamérica
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Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/28224