THE STIGMA OF OBESITY IN ADOLESCENCE

The stigma of obesity in adolescence

Introduction/Objective.Obese children and adolescents are exposed to stigma and discrimination from peers, teachers and family which can lead to numerous health problems, including psychosocial problems.The aim of this study is to determine whether obese adolescents in Serbia are exposed to stigmatization and which are the most common forms of stig

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Millennial-scale climatic variability between 340 000 and 270 000 years ago in SW Europe: evidence from a NW Iberian margin pollen sequence

We present a new high-resolution marine pollen record from NW Iberian margin sediments (core MD03-2697) covering the interval between 340 000 and 270 000 years ago, a time period centred on Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 9 and characterized by particular baseline climate states.This study enables the documentation of vegetation changes in the north-wes

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