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Weight bias found in workplaces and courts, advocates say.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-JUL-07 		Format: Online
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Bias based on weight is pervasive, and it can color an employer's perception of an employee as well as a juror's perception of a plaintiff regardless of whether weight is relevant, lawyers and trial consultants say.

Weight bias has increased in recent years, said Rebecca Puhl, an associate research scientist with the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University. "It's surprising that the bias has worsened" as the number of overweight people has grown, she added.

An estimated 66 percent of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.

"Fat discrimination is one of the last 'safe' types of discrimination," said Carole Cullum, a San Francisco family lawyer and board member of the National Association...

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