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03/05/2013
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studo the journal 'Obesity' with 358 adults found that prejudice is still present regardless of body weight of the volunteers
NEW YORK - An international study of the journal "Obesity" shows that patients doctors look down on overweight or obese, they transmit less credibility.
An online sample of 358 adults was randomly assigned to one of three search conditions they completed a questionnaire assessing their perceptions of physicians who were described as normal weight, overweight or obese. Participants also completed a Fat Phobia Scale originally created in 1984 to determine and measure attitudes regarding fat phobic.
Respondents reported more distrust of doctors overweight or obese, and said they were less inclined to follow their advice, and were more likely to change when the medical professional was considered overweight or obese. And this prejudice relative to the weight remained present itself independent of body weight of the attendees.
This study suggests that providers perceived as overweight or obese may be vulnerable to prejudicial attitudes of patients, and that excess weight can negatively affect patients' perception of their credibility, the level of trust and willingness to follow the advice physicians.
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