Health and Human Rights in a Changing World
Bias, discrimination and obesity
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Puhl, R; Brownell, KD
January 1, 2013
It has been said that obese persons are the last acceptable targets of discrimination.1-4 Anecdotes abound about overweight individuals being ridiculed by teachers, physicians, and complete strangers in public settings, such as supermarkets, restaurants, and shopping areas. Fat jokes and derogatory portrayals of obese people in popular media are common. Overweight people tell stories of receiving poor grades in school, being denied jobs and promotions, losing the opportunity to adopt children, and more. Some who have written on the topic insist that there is a strong and consistent pattern of discrimination, 5 but no systematic review of the scientific evidence has been done.
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Puhl, R., & Brownell, K. D. (2013). Bias, discrimination and obesity. In Health and Human Rights in a Changing World (pp. 607–617). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203576298
Puhl, R., and K. D. Brownell. “Bias, discrimination and obesity.” In Health and Human Rights in a Changing World, 607–17, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203576298.
Puhl R, Brownell KD. Bias, discrimination and obesity. In: Health and Human Rights in a Changing World. 2013. p. 607–17.
Puhl, R., and K. D. Brownell. “Bias, discrimination and obesity.” Health and Human Rights in a Changing World, 2013, pp. 607–17. Scopus, doi:10.4324/9780203576298.
Puhl R, Brownell KD. Bias, discrimination and obesity. Health and Human Rights in a Changing World. 2013. p. 607–617.
DOI
ISBN
9780415503983
Publication Date
January 1, 2013
Start / End Page
607 / 617