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The Anti-Fat Bias in Healthcare
Virginia Sol Smith's new book is Fat Talk Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture. In it, she talks about the anti-fat bias that many healthcare professionals have and what a profound impact this has on the care we receive. From young patients being ushered into eating disorders after conversations with their pediatricians about weight to large-bodied people being viewed as quote unquote non-compliant and uncooperative,. Can you talk about how that bias shows up in healthcare? Yeah. This bias is really, you know, as we think about weight and health, this bias, I really believe the research shows is at the root of all of it.
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