Open AccessImpact of Informing Overweight Individuals about the Role of Genetics in Obesity: An Online Experimental Study
Author(s) -
Natalie Lippa,
Saskia C. Sanderson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
human heredity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1423-0062
pISSN - 0001-5652
DOI - 10.1159/000353712
Subject(s) - prejudice (legal term) , psychological intervention , psychology , social psychology , obesity , overweight , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , endocrinology
Increasing public awareness of obesity genetics could have beneficial or harmful effects on overweight individuals. This study examined the impact of genetic information on weight-related cognitions as well as interest in personalized genetic information about obesity among overweight individuals.
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