BioethxChat

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T1a What is Fat Stigma? #bioethx

 

T1b How do differing notions of individual responsibility & societal responsibility pertaining to health relate to fat stigma? #bioethx

  

T2 Fat stigma disproportionately affects certain groups more than others. Is this ethically important? Why? #bioethx

 

T3 Increasing evidence that ‘stigma’ important determinant of health outcomes/inequalities. What would this mean for health? #bioethx

 

T4a Since most people agree that fat stigma is unethical, why it is so common in health care settings? #bioethx

 

T4b How can fat stigma be eliminated in society and in particular among healthcare professionals? #bioethx

 

 

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For more information on this subject, check out:

1. Are Medical Students Aware of Their Anti-obesity Bias?

2. Thin Like Me

3. Weight-Based Stigma and Physician Bias

4. An obesity educational intervention for medical students addressing weight bias and communication skills using standardized patients

5. Obesity Stigma: Important Considerations for Public Health

6. Obesity bias in training: attitudes, beliefs, and observations among advanced trainees in professional health disciplines.

7. Public reactions to obesity-related health campaigns: a randomized controlled trial.