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weight discrimination

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weight discrimination
Size discrimination Social medicine Any restriction of individual rights, employment or academic opportunities, or biases against overweight persons. Cf Chubby chaser.


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Roehling says that the different results for women and men suggest that weight discrimination adds to the glass ceiling effect for women.
9) Research on weight discrimination also relies on widely shared measures, although some terminology is controversial.
Michigan is the only state that bars weight discrimination, though Massachusetts lawmakers recently held hearings on a proposed law.
 
 
 
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