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ey0017.11-16 | Consensus Statement | ESPEYB17

11.16. Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity

F Rubino , RM Puhl , DE Cummings , RH Eckel , DH Ryan , JI Mechanick , J Nadglowski , X Ramos Salas , PR Schauer , D Twenefour , CM Apovian , LJ Aronne , RL Batterham , HR Berthoud , C Boza , L Busetto , D Dicker , M De Groot , D Eisenberg , SW Flint , TT Huang , LM Kaplan , JP Kirwan , J Korner , TK Kyle , B Laferrere , CW le Roux , L McIver , G Mingrone , P Nece , TJ Reid , AM Rogers , M Rosenbaum , RJ Seeley , AJ Torres , JB Dixon

To read the full abstract: Nat Med 2020;26(4):485–497.More than 100 medical and scientific organizations supported this international consensus statement, which describes impressively how unscientific public narratives of obesity cause weight stigma and stimulates discrimination of obese people. Consequently, the statement calls for strong policies and legislation to prevent weight-bas...