Summary
It's sad, but true: new research reveals that simply standing near a person who is overweight will cause other people to think less of you. The stigma surrounding obesity extends beyond just one person, it seems.
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- A study in England suggests that just standing near a fat person
can make other people think you look worse.
- Menu Maker State-By-State Obesity Trends Have Obese Friends?
- Researchers had people rate a man shown in two pictures.
- When the man was shown with the big woman, he was rated 22 percent
more negatively than when he was shown with the thin one.
- A researcher said this shows the extent of the cultural bias against
fat people.
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