Tag: weight

  • Birth Weight

    Not mental health per se, but with big psych impact:  A NYT article about how early habits (really early–starting in the womb) can get someone set on a course for obesity later in life.

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  • Fat Discrimination

    An essay in the NYT, For Obese People, Prejudice in Plain Sight, by Harriet Brown. “As soon as I shook the interviewer’s hand, I knew she would not hire me […] She gave me a look of utter disdain, and made a big deal about whether we should take the stairs or ride the elevator…

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