Introducción: las personas con obesidad suelen ser objeto de estigmas asociados al peso
por parte de la población. Los estudiantes del área de la salud, al formar parte de la …

Physicians' biases for skin color and obesity may negatively affect health-care outcomes.
Identification of these biases is the first step to address the problem. We randomized 128 US …

Obesity and weight bias have been found to be associated with an array of adverse
psychosocial consequences in youth. In this chapter, we examine the psychosocial …

This article examines the practice of some Javanese men that they refer to as" the search for
empty thoughts." Grounded in their experiences as working‐class men, empty thoughts …

Background. Obesity has become a very serious social problem. The popularity of cheap
and unhealthy food has promoted obesity, with up to 30% obese in some countries …

Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing and may be particularly high among
indigent public hospital patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence …

Due to weight stigma, obese and overweight individuals are stereotyped, rejected and
victimised by the public. The pervasion of this discrimination in healthcare settings is …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of obesity bias among
preclinical and clinical chiropractic students and faculty at an integrative health care …

This chapter describes the stigma associated with obesity, with a particular focus on the
origins and development of weight bias, its manifestation across different settings in society …

In this essay we link the rationale for the medical humanities with radical hermeneutics, a
move that infuses the medical humanities with incredulity and suspicion. This orientation is …