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Doctors Also Biased Against Fat People

But does that result in worse health care?

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 11, 2012 4:43 PM CST

(Newser) – Think a clipboard and smock makes someone any less prejudiced? Turns out doctors are about as biased as the general public against overweight people, according to a new study. There's no proof that obese patients get treated differently, but the study of 360,000...   Read full story »

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