Obesity bias rife among medical students
13th February 2014
By Amanda Davey
Final-year health and medical students exhibit significant levels of prejudice against obese people despite their education and training, Australian researchers say.

This obesity bias was similar to that found in students from other university faculties although non-health students were more likely to believe obese people lacked willpower.
Nonetheless, the study of just under 500 students showed those from the health faculties exhibited considerable amounts of both