Weight Discrimination

Published April 22, 2008 at 5:00 AM PDT

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Prof Rebecca Puhl, Dir of Research and Anti-Stigma Initiatives, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University
... on her study that shows weight bias is as prevalent as racial discrimination.

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ABC: Study: 'Weight-ism' More Widespread Than Racism

International Journal of Obesity: Perceptions of weight discrimination...

Reuters: Weight discrimination common, U.S. survey finds

Yale: Some People Would Give Life or Limb Not to be Fat

Yale: Yale Study Shows Weight Bias Is as Prevalent as Racial Discrimination

Yale Food Rudd Center for Policy and Obesity: Rebecca M. Puhl, Ph.D.

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