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closeMedia Coverage of This Article
Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 10 Nov 2012 at 01:07 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: CBS Seattle
Title: “Study: Doctors As Likely To Hold Anti-Fat Bias As General Public « CBS Seattle”
http://seattle.cbslocal.c...
Publication: Daily Mail
Title: “Doctors are 'prejudiced' against overweight patients (and men are worse than women) | Mail Online”
http://www.dailymail.co.u...
Publication: EurekAlert
Title: “Anti-fat bias may be equally prevalent in general public and medical community”
http://www.eurekalert.org...
Publication: MyHealthNewsDaily
Title: “Doctors Biased Against Fat People, Too, Study Says | Doctor-Patient Relationships | Obesity Stigma | MyHealthNewsDaily.com”
http://www.myhealthnewsda...
Publication: Psych Central
Title: “Anti-Fat Bias Prevalent Among Doctors | Psych Central News”
http://psychcentral.com/n...
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RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 17 Nov 2012 at 00:29 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Everyday Health
Title: “Doctors Show Bias Against Overweight Patients - Weight Center - Everyday Health”
http://www.everydayhealth...
Publication: French Tribune
Title: “Doctors Unknowingly Behaving Biased with Obese Patients | French Tribune”
http://frenchtribune.com/...
Publication: NHS Choices
Title: “Is your doctor a fattist? - Health News - NHS Choices”
http://www.nhs.uk/news/20...
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