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Nursing Students Are Learning How to Recognize and Reduce Weight Bias When Treating Patients

In health care settings across the nation, one form of bias continues to undermine patient care and perpetuate health disparities: weight bias, which refers to negative attitudes, beliefs and stereotypes directed at individuals with obesity. This bias can lead providers to make assumptions about a patient鈥檚 lifestyle, provide substandard care or dismiss health concerns. As a result, patients who experience bias may avoid seeking medical care.

   

Nursing Students Are Learning How to Recognize and Reduce Weight Bias When Treating Patients

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