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Home Health Worrying about weight stigma at the doctor’s office

Worrying about weight stigma at the doctor’s office

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A routine component of many medical appointments—stepping on the scale to be weighed—may be a stigmatizing experience that raises patients’ blood pressure and potentially impacts their health care, according to new research from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Angela Incollingo Rodriguez.

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