Like it or not, most of us make unfair or unwarranted assumptions about overweight people. There are stereotypes about obesity in our culture, and research has shown that people believe overweight and obese people are:
- lazy
- less intelligent
- not successful
- unattractive
- not likely to be in a relationship
We demonize the overweight, and when it comes to people who are morbidly overweight (weight in excess of 500 or 600 pounds), we view them as oddities.
Like it or not, most of us make unfair or unwarranted assumptions
about overweight people. There are stereotypes about obesity in our
culture, and research has shown that people believe overweight and
obese people are: lazy less intelligent...
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Dr. Ramani Durvasula answered:Like it or not, most of us make unfair or unwarranted assumptions about overweight people. There are stereotypes about obesity in our culture, and research has shown that people believe overweight and obese people are:
