In 2020 more than 40 percent of Americans reported experiencing weight stigma, not only from friends and family members but also from their nurses and doctors...
Fatphobia is undoubtedly pernicious, and we believe that its perils are broader than generally recognized...
Body mass index, a metric that tries to assess body fat using height and weight, is well known for its inaccuracies and biased methodology...
One factor driving these health disparities might be diagnostic overshadowing, in which one visible condition obscures other clinically relevant signals...
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