Implicit and Explicit Anti-Fat Bias among a Large Sample of Medical Doctors by BMI, Race/Ethnicity and Gender

Janice A. Sabin; Maddalena Marini; Brian A. Nosek

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048448

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Implicit and Explicit Anti-Fat Bias among a Large Sample of Medical Doctors by BMI, Race/Ethnicity and Gender

Janice A. Sabin ,

* E-mail: sabinja@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Maddalena Marini,

Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Communication and Economics, Università of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Brian A. Nosek

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Implicit and Explicit Anti-Fat Bias among a Large Sample of Medical Doctors by BMI, Race/Ethnicity and Gender

Janice A. Sabin,
Maddalena Marini,
Brian A. Nosek

Published: November 7, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048448

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Publication: CBS Seattle
Title: “Study: Doctors As Likely To Hold Anti-Fat Bias As General Public Â« CBS Seattle”
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Publication: Daily Mail
Title: “Doctors are 'prejudiced' against overweight patients (and men are worse than women) | Mail Online”
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Publication: EurekAlert
Title: “Anti-fat bias may be equally prevalent in general public and medical community”
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Publication: MyHealthNewsDaily
Title: “Doctors Biased Against Fat People, Too, Study Says | Doctor-Patient Relationships | Obesity Stigma | MyHealthNewsDaily.com”
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Publication: Psych Central
Title: “Anti-Fat Bias Prevalent Among Doctors | Psych Central News”
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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”
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Publication: NHS Choices
Title: “Is your doctor a fattist? - Health News - NHS Choices”
http://www.nhs.uk/news/20...

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Implicit and Explicit Anti-Fat Bias among a Large Sample of Medical Doctors by BMI, Race/Ethnicity and Gender

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