Dr. Sharma: Lack of bariatric training, services, access - all a sign of weight-bias and discrimination?Listen to Brian Golding on CBC Radio
Dr. Sharma: Lack of bariatric training, services, access - all a sign of weight-bias and discrimination?Listen to Brian Golding on CBC Radio
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Weight stigma can itself increase weight gain: study
Jan. 26, 2012 Montreal Gazette – Dr. Arya Sharma, scientific director of the Canadian Obesity Network, says it's clear Western culture needs to stop stigmatizing weight gain and start understanding what causes it. "If we don't stop looking at obesity as a character flaw instead of a complex health condition, then we won't be addressing the underlying issues. Shaming, blaming and taxing aren't constructive or positive strategies." Read the article
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