What if Physicians Stopped Weighing Heavier Patients? Health Care Might Improve.
June 19, 2018
Janell Mensinger, PhD, an associate research professor and director of the Biostatistics Service Center in the Dornsife School of Public Health was quoted in a June 19 Washington Post story how the practice of weighing patients is likely deterring people from going to the doctor. Mensinger's research suggests that body mass index is correlated with weight stigma and health-care stress.
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