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Classifying obesity as a disease could reduce stigma
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Source: BMJ Comments - July 29, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Should obesity be considered as an entity or a process?
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Source: BMJ Comments - July 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Re: Should obesity be recognised as a disease?
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Source: BMJ Comments - July 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Obesity: global epidemic disease
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Source: BMJ Comments - July 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Obesity is not healthy, ergo it is a disease
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Source: BMJ Comments - July 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Re: Quantifying the impact of genes on body mass index during the obesity epidemic: longitudinal findings from the HUNT Study
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Source: BMJ Comments - July 24, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Re: Should obesity be recognised as a disease?
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Source: BMJ Comments - July 22, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Re: Quantifying the impact of genes on body mass index during the obesity epidemic: longitudinal findings from the HUNT Study
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Source: BMJ Comments - July 10, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Posted on the SDN Facebook page today: Obese/unattractive medical students less likely to receive competitive residency
So, if there is a bias in residency, anyone thinks this applies to MED school admissions as well? Obese, Unattractive Students Are Less Likely to Land Med School Residencies | Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Reviewers selecting candidates for residencies in medical school radiology programs discriminated against applicants who were obese or facially unattractive, according to a study from Duke Health researchers. The results showed that the physical appearances of applicants in their... corporate.dukehealth.org I gue...
Source: Student Doctor Network - June 12, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: MemeLord Tags: Pre-Medical - MD Source Type: forums

Bias in Radiology Resident Selection. Do We Discriminate Against the Obese and Unattractive?
Bias in Radiology Resident Selection: Do We Discriminate... : Academic Medicine ogy departments reviewed mock residency applications in September and October 2017. Applications included demographic information and photograph, representing a prespecified distribution of facial attractiveness and obesity, combined with randomized academic and supporting variables. Reviewers... journals.lww.com Curious about people's thoughts. How many step 1 points is being attractive worth? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - June 6, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: 7331poas Tags: Medical Students - MD Source Type: forums

Re: What ’s behind reduced child obesity in Leeds?
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Source: BMJ Comments - May 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Anorexia on general psychiatry unit
Any resources you can point me toward? Male patient, absolutely zero insight, BMI qualifies as moderate anorexia. Has lost ~5 lbs since admission 1-2 weeks ago. Compulsively exercising despite not being allowed to (no real way to enforce). All expected nutrition-related labs mildly abnormal; pt bradycardic to low 40s at times with orthostatic hotn (denies sx). Hospital medicine team unhelpful (recommended improving nutrition and signed off), nursing staff very uncomfortable with medical... Anorexia on general psychiatry unit (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 11, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: okokok Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums

Re: Recognise obesity as a disease to reduce prevalence, says RCP
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Source: BMJ Comments - January 4, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Insulin and obesity: Is it time for a paradigm shift?
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 19, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums