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Obese patients ‘being weight-shamed by doctors and nurses’

Exclusive: Research shows some people skip medical appointments because they feel humiliated 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 behaviour, although usually the result of “unconscious weight bias”, leads to people not attending medical appointments, feeling humiliated and being more likely to put on weight.

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