Evaluating the Influence of the Presence of a Dog on Bias toward Individuals with Overweight and Obesity.
Individuals with overweight and obesity are subject to enormous bias and discrimination across domains. This bias constitutes a considerable public health problem beyond the effects of excess weight on health. Unfortunately, the few interventions that have been implemented to reduce this bias have n...
| Publicado en: | Anthrozoös Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 77 - 89 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2018
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