Adolescent obesity: A barrier to mate selection?

Author(s)

Teresa Downing-Matibag, Iowa State University
Florence Neymotin, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

ORCID

Florence Neymotin0000-0003-4692-9539

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior

ISSN

2375-4494

Publication Date

2014

Abstract/Excerpt

The obesity epidemic is a barrier to the participation of adolescents in developmentally normative behaviors associated with mate selection, such as dating. Notably, the obesity stigma has important implications for the socioemotional development of adolescents in the realms of intimacy and peer acceptance, as well as for their future chances of marriage and healthy relationships.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4172/2375-4494.1000157

Volume

2

Issue

4

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

NSUWorks Citation

Downing-Matibag, Teresa and Neymotin, Florence, "Adolescent obesity: A barrier to mate selection?" (2014). HCBE Faculty Articles. 835.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/835