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There are very negative stereotypes of overweight people attributed to them just because of their body type. In this video, weight loss specialist Caroline Apovian, MD, describes these stereotypes and how they impact the lives of obese people.
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
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