🏥 Health Aug 25, 2026 · Michael Greger M.D. FACLM

The Burden of Weight Bias

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The Burden of Weight Bias
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Please note: This blog and its accompanying video discuss the important and troubling issue of weight bias and discrimination, which may be a sensitive topic for some readers.
How might weight stigma be a vicious cycle?
Although total fasting can dramatically increase blood levels of the stress hormone cortisol, as much as doubling within five days, dieting alone does not. There is, however, a way stress and obesity could turn into a vicious cycle: weight stigma.
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