The Rudd Report: Obese Patients Commonly Experience Weight Bias in Medical Settings

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Rebecca Puhl, Associate Research Scientist at Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, describes weight bias in medical care settings and possible solutions to a growing problem. (March 15, 2007)

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Overweight patients report that they frequently experience weight bias in medical care settings—from doctors, nurses and other health care providers. Rebecca Puhl, associate research scientist at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale, says what would be most effective is changing overall societal attitudes about obesity, and making discrimination against overweight people illegal. (March 15, 2007)

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