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‘Just Bloody Fat!’: A Qualitative Study of Body Image, Self-Esteem and Coping in Obese Adults

Samantha Thomas Consumer Health Research Group (CHaRGe), Primary Care Research Unit, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Australia
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Asuntha Karunaratne Consumer Health Research Group (CHaRGe), Primary Care Research Unit, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Australia
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Sophie Lewis Consumer Health Research Group (CHaRGe), Primary Care Research Unit, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Australia
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David Castle Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia
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Natalie Knoesen Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia
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Roberta Honigman Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia
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Jim Hyde Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University Australia
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Rick Kausman If Not Dieting, Australia
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Paul Komesaroff Department of Medicine, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Monash University, Australia
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Pages 39-49 | Published online: 30 Jan 2012

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