Research & Review Papers
Bauer KW, Yang YW, Austin SB. “How can we stay healthy when you’re throwing all of this in front of us?” Findings from focus groups and interviews in middle schools on environmental influences on nutrition and physical activity. Health Education & Behavior. 2004; 31: 34-46.
Canning H, Mayer J. Obesity-its possible effect on college acceptance. N Engl J Med. 1966; 275: 1172-1174.
Crandall CS. Do heavy-weight students have more difficulty paying for college? Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 1991; 17: 606-611.
Crandall CS. Do parents discriminate against their heavyweight daughters? Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 1995; 21: 724-735.
Datar A, Sturm R, & Magnabosco JL. Childhood overweight and academic performance: National study of kindergartners and first-graders. Obes Res. 2004; 12:58-68.
Greenleaf C, Weiller K. Perceptions of youth obesity among physical educators. Social
Psychology of Education. 2005; 8: 407-423.
Hague AL, White AA. Web-based intervention for changing attitudes of obesity among current and future teachers. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005; 37: 58-66.
Karnehed N, Rasmussen F, Hemmingsson T, Tynelius P. Obesity and attained education: cohort study of more than 700,000 Swedish men. Obesity. 2006; 14: 1421-1428.
Klesges RC, Haddock CK, Stein RJ, Klesges LM, Eck LH, Hanson CL. Relationship between psychosocial functioning and body fat in preschool children: A longitudinal investigation. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1992; 60: 793-796.
Latner JD, Stunkard AJ. Stigmatized students: Age, sex, and ethnicity effects in the stigmatization of obesity. Obes Res. 2005; 13: 1226-1231.
Lissau I, Sorensen TI. School difficulties in childhood and risk of overweight and obesity in young adulthood: a ten year prospective population study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1993; 17: 169-75.
Melville DS, Cardinal BJ. Are overweight physical educators at adisadvantage in the labor market? A random survey of hiring personnel. Phys Educ. 1997; 54: 216-222.
Mo-suwan L, Lebel L, Puetpaiboon A, Junjana C. School performance and weight status of children and young adolescents in a transitional society in Thailand. International Journal of Obesity. 1999; 23: 272-277.
Neumark-Sztainer D, Story M., Faibisch L. Perceived stigmatization among overweight African-American and Caucasian adolescent girls. J Adolesc Health. 1998; 23: 264-270.
Neumark-Sztainer D, Story M, Harris T. Beliefs and attitudes about obesity among teachers and school health care providers working with adolescents. J Nutr Education. 1999; 31: 3-9.
O’Brien KS, Hunter JA, Banks M. Implicit anti-fat bias in physical educators: Physical attributes, ideology, and socialisation. International Journal of Obesity. 2007; 31: 308 – 314.
Pierce, J. W., & Wardle, J. Cause and effect beliefs and self-esteem of overweight children. J Child Psychol Psychiat. 1997; 38: 645-650.
Price JH, Desmond S, Ruppert E. Elementary physical education teachers’ perceptions of childhood obesity. Health Education. 1990; 21: 26-32.
Price JH, Desmond S, Ruppert ES, Stelzer CM. School nurses’ perceptions of childhood obesity. J Sch Health. 1987; 57: 332-6.
Price JH, Desmond SM, Stelzer CM. Elementary school principals' perceptions of childhood obesity. J Sch Health. 1987: 57 367-370.
Russell v. Salve Regina, 649 F. Supp. 391 (D. R. I. 1986).
Russell v. Salve Regina, 938 F. 2d 315 (1st Cir. 1991).
Schweitzer TA. Academic challenge cases: Should judicial review extend to academic evaluations of student? Am Univ Law Rev. 1992; 41: 267.
Thompson SH, Corwin SJ, Sargent RG. Ideal body size beliefs and weight concerns of fourth-grade children. Int J Eat Disord. 1997; 21: 279-284.
Weiler K, Helms LB. Responsibilities of nursing education: The lessons of Russell v Salve Regina. J Prof Nurs. 1993; 9:131-138.
Wiese HJ, Wilson JF, Jones RA, Neises M. Obesity stigma reduction in medical students. Int J Obes. 1992; 16: 859-868.