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Obese People May Face Discrimination From Doctors

Many people coming into medical or endocrinology offices have something in common: They are overweight. They face a significant barrier to better care: a bias against them within the health profession. Studies done at the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders show that even health professionals specializing in obesity can be biased against overweight people. They sampled 389 professionals at an obesity meeting and found significant bias, with women and young people having greater bias against overweight people. Physicians sometimes think that "preaching''' to those who are overweight is an appropriate therapeutic tactic. This is often done right after informing a person who thought they were merely a little overweight that they are obese or, even more emotionally tinged, "morbidly obese.''' Click here to read more.
 
 



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