I always go in with my guard up, because I'm always expecting something from a health care setting,” Paul tells Fortune.

Finding ways to reduce obesity bias requires “careful consideration ... for the end of obesity stigma, particularly in health care settings. “The next research steps relate to making ...

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, dozens of international medical experts and people with lived experience are proposing a major change to how obesity is diagnosed because ...

Joseph Nadglowski of the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) will explain how widespread weight bias is among doctors and other health care providers. He’ll discuss why weight bias remains an ...

Despite the staggering impact of obesity on the Black community, columnist Justice B. Hill argues that the issue has been largely ignored by society and the healthcare system.

During the Super Bowl, Hims & Hers Health aired a commercial called “Sick of the System.” But before the 60-second spot was ...

Sometimes, the conversation doesn’t get past a handful of words, and just the attempt may threaten the patient-physician ...

The study's limitations include single-time anthropometric assessments and potential healthy volunteer bias, which may underestimate obesity prevalence. Researchers advocate for using central ...

Educational initiatives should equip health care providers to implement ... tools to implement clinical obesity diagnostic criteria in practice. Addressing weight bias and enhancing understanding ...