HCBE Faculty Articles
Title
Adolescent Obesity: A Barrier to Mate Selection?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Publication Title
Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior
ISSN or ISBN
2375-4494
Volume
2
Issue/Number
4
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
10.4172/2375-4494.1000157
NSUWorks Citation
Neymotin, Florence and Downing-Matibag, Teresa, "Adolescent Obesity: A Barrier to Mate Selection?" (2014). HCBE Faculty Articles. 835.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/835
