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Weight bias in health care This is a video created by UConn's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity dramatizing the types of biases - overt and otherwise - that often occur for obese patients in the healthcare setting.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoJune 5, 2020Topics: Compassion Fatigue / Guilt & Shame / Obesity/WeightKeywords: bias / obesity / overweight / weight

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Tell Me I'm Fat Let's change our perspective on how we view being fat.

Contributor: Karlen BaderJuly 26, 2016Topics: Obesity/Weight / PerspectiveKeywords: fat / obese / obesity / overweight / weight

Parents Should Avoid Comments on a Child's Weight What do you do when you see your child gaining weight? How do you address it? Studies show that commenting on weight directly - although tempting - is not the answer.

Contributor: Karlen BaderJune 16, 2016Topics: Obesity/WeightKeywords: obese / obesity / overweight / parent / weight

Doctors Don't Like Fat People The overwhelming belief that patients struggling with overweight/obesity do so out of a weakness in willpower still prevails in the medical community.

Contributor: Karlen BaderJune 14, 2016Topics: Obesity/WeightKeywords: obese / overweight / stereotype / stigma / weight

The Easiest Way to Lose 125 Pounds Is to Gain 175 Pounds Gain insight into one man's path to weightloss, and better understand the challenges, struggles, and barriers - psychologically and physically - to make this journey a success.

Contributor: Karlen BaderMarch 28, 2016Topics: Obesity/WeightKeywords: diet / nutrition / obese / obesity / overweight / weight / weightloss

Money Replaces Willpower In Programs Promoting Weight Loss by Yuki Noguchi Should overweight and obese workers who do not exercise pay higher premiums? What about those who have a normal BMI but eat poorly? Fundamentally, can financial incentives and disincentives help people become healthier and if so, should they be employed?

Contributor: kaelsenerMarch 1, 2015Topics: Obesity/WeightKeywords: cost / incentive / insurance / obesity / overweight

Obesity Is Found to Gain Its Hold in Earliest Years by Gina Kolata Experts say the results of a major 2014 study may reshape approaches to combating the nation’s obesity epidemic, suggesting that efforts must start much earlier and focus more on the children at greatest risk.

Contributor: kaelsenerMarch 1, 2015Topics: Obesity/WeightKeywords: child / obesity / overweight / pediatrics

How Sleep Loss Adds to Weight Gain by Anahad O’Connor Losing sleep causes a change in the way the brain responds to fattening food and sweets causing people to eat more and gain weight.

Contributor: kaelsenerMarch 1, 2015Topics: Obesity/WeightKeywords: obesity / overweight / sleep / sleep deprivation / weight

Tiger Mom, Meet Diet Enforcer by Julie Bosman Dara-Lynn Weiss, frustrated and concerned about her 7-year-old daughter’s weight, put her on a strict diet, wrote about it in Vogue, and then signed a book deal. Should she be condemned? lauded?, both? neither?

Contributor: kaelsenerMarch 1, 2015Topics: Obesity/WeightKeywords: child / diet / overweight / pediatric / shame

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