Obesity Is A Chronic Disease: Instead Of Punishing Patients, Provide Access To Treatment - healthaffairs.org

Weight bias permeates every level of the health care system. This fact has left potentially life-saving anti-obesity medications underutilized and inaccessible to most patients.

Weight shame entertainment first captured American audiences through reality television shows that subjected people with obesity to extreme diets and often dangerous exercise regimes. Viewership for … [+5702 chars]

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