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People with higher weight, and those who have high-quality experiences with higher-weight people, report less weight bias, per social psychology study of US adults

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The role of social norms, intergroup contact, and ingroup favoritism in weight stigma

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The role of social norms, intergroup contact, and ingroup favoritism in weight stigma.

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People with higher weight, and those who have high-quality experiences with higher-weight people, report less weight bias, per social psychology study of US adults

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305080

Article Title: The role of social norms, intergroup contact, and ingroup favoritism in weight stigma

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.


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