Patients with obesity 'being weight-shamed by doctors and nurses' - The Irish Times

Global research shows people skip medical appointments due to feeling humiliated by ‘unconscious weight bias’ by staff

Doctors and nurses often weight-shame people who are overweight or obese, leaving them feeling anxious, depressed and wrongly blaming themselves for their condition, research has found. Such behavio… [+4956 chars]

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