Overweight people are more likely to experience discrimination than their slimmer counterparts. Photo: Getty Images
Overweight people (unless you’re Donald Trump) face discrimination, research shows
- Researchers put normal-weight male actors in different situations, then recreated them with the actors wearing prosthetics to appear overweight
- They found the ‘overweight’ men faced discrimination both subtle and overt. Similar biases were found in politics, but with some notable exceptions
Overweight people are more likely to experience discrimination than their slimmer counterparts. Photo: Getty Images
