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Health & Medicine

Weight Discrimination Increasing Among American Adults

Based on everything from name calling to losing a job, perceived discrimination against overweight people is on the rise, according to a study by Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity.
Apr 9, 2008
1 min read

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