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obesity paradox

medical hypothesis which holds that obesity may be protective and associated with greater survival in certain groups of people

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paradox

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social stigma of obesity

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-obesity-research-fatphobia-is-always-the-x-factor/

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10 December 2021

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The term ‘obesity paradox’ is a prime example of weight stigma in the scientific literature,” Jeffrey Hunger, an assistant professor of social psychology at Miami University of Ohio told me when I wrote about medical weight stigma for the July 2020 issue of Scientific American. (English)

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obesity

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