I'm often asked what my opinion about a diet or disease is.

Who cares what my or anyone else's opinion is?

Always you care about is what the science says.

What does the best available balance of evidence

published in the peer-reviewed medical literature

have to say right now?

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Did you know that research is consistently shown that health care professionals

are biased against people classified as overweight or obese?

In our first story, we look at how common this problem is.

Described as the last acceptable form of bias,

weight stigma is the rampant discrimination and stereotyping

of overweight individuals.

50 overweight women were asked to keep a diary

of all the times they felt they were being stigmatized for their weight.

Over a single week, more than a thousand instances were recorded.

An overweight woman may expect to be harassed,

such as called names or insulted run into physical barriers

like unable to fit into public seats,

or discriminated against, such as perceived poor service

at restaurants or stores, on average, about three times a day.

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