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. 2016 Jan;34(1):44-50.
doi: 10.2337/diaclin.34.1.44.

Overcoming Weight Bias in the Management of Patients With Diabetes and Obesity

Rebecca M Puhl  1 , Sean M Phelan  2 , Joseph Nadglowski  3 , Theodore K Kyle  4
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Overcoming Weight Bias in the Management of Patients With Diabetes and Obesity

Rebecca M Puhl et al. Clin Diabetes. 2016 Jan.
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Health consequences resulting from experiences of weight stigma.
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