Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 47-52 , October 2010

“Norwegians fear fatness more than anything else”—A qualitative study of normative newspaper messages on obesity and health

Received 27 February 2009 ,Revised 2 October 2009 ,Accepted 18 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.022

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