Overweight & Obesity
'Fat shaming' doesn't encourage weight loss
Discrimination against overweight and obese people does not help them to lose weight, finds new UCL research funded by Cancer Research UK.
Sep 10, 2014
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News tagged with weight discrimination
Psychology & Psychiatry
Perceived age and weight discrimination worse for health than perceived racism and sexism
Perceived age and weight discrimination, more than perceived race and sex discrimination, are linked to worse health in older adults, according to new research from the Florida State University College of Medicine.
May 7, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Public supports disability and civil rights legal protection for obese people
Public support for policies that prohibit weight discrimination and even provide disability and civil rights protection for obese individuals has grown in the past few years, according to a new study by researchers from the ...
Apr 10, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
'Weightism' increases risk for becoming, staying obese
Weight discrimination may increase risk for obesity rather than motivating individuals to lose weight, according to research published July 24 in the open access journal PLoS ONE by Angelina Sutin and Antonio Terracciano ...
Jul 24, 2013
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Health
Anti-fat bias may be equally prevalent in general public and medical community
Medical doctors are as biased against obesity as the general public is, according to a study published Nov. 7 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Janice Sabin from the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues ...
Nov 7, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The effects of discrimination could last a lifetime
Given the well-documented relationship between low birth weight and the increased risk of health problems throughout one's lifespan, it is vital to reduce any potential contributors to low birth weight. A new study by Valerie ...
Aug 27, 2012
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