Fat or obese? The labels we use to describe heavy-weight individuals can dramatically influence the judgments we make about people, a new study suggests.
Using the term 'obese people' results in more negative judgments than does the term 'fat people', even when there is no objective difference between the two groups, research shows.
“The study reinforces earlier findings that, given the choice between fat and obese, the term fat is the lesser of two evils,” says University of
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