Open AccessBody mass index and educational inequality: An update of Crandall (1995).
Author(s) -
Angela C. Incollingo Rodriguez,
Megan L. White,
Erin C. Standen,
Traci Mann,
Christine R. Wells,
A. Janet Tomiyama
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
stigma and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2376-6972
pISSN - 2376-6964
DOI - 10.1037/sah0000149
Subject(s) - inequality , index (typography) , body mass index , sociology , mathematics , computer science , medicine , world wide web , mathematical analysis
Over 2 decades ago, social psychological research revealed that weight stigma may undermine educational achievement. This study documented that a greater proportion of college students were thin compared with the general population and that heavier females received less college financial support fro
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