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Previous research has also shown that women are subjected to weight bias at a lower BMI than men.
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Call us wimps, but we like the extra bite at the front of a 450-plus-hp 911 Turbo, given the car's tremendous rear-weight bias.
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In the future, she hopes to conduct additional research that examines real court cases and considers how weight bias relates to race and ethnicity.
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Weight bias has been documented among doctors, nurses, fitness instructors and other professionals on whom a fat person might need to rely for help.
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Weight discrimination in the United States, also termed weight bias, has risen dramatically over the past 15 years and is now as common as racial discrimination.
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People are telling their stories of weight bias in medical care on websites like First, Do No Harm, This Is Thin Privilege and Obesity Surgery Gone Wrong.
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She argues that courts should screen for weight bias during juror selection and should address weight bias in judicial instruction, which already covers race, gender and ethnicity biases.
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Schvey says people are typically aware if they demonstrate weight bias, but are less likely to realize that such bias can affect decisions in hiring, healthcare and legal settings, among others.
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Executives who were part of the study say it's difficult to say how much of the perceived bias stems from their physical weight and how much from their own projected insecurity.
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These findings show that investors will give little weight to advertised high returns if they receive even an implicit warning of selection bias, such as a reminder that the company operates many funds.
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