With 30% of New Jersey adults classified as obese and studies showing significant workplace bias, legislators are pushing to ...

Discrimination against the overweight may be as common as racial bias. May 21, 2008— -- Weight discrimination, especially against women, is increasing in U.S. society and is almost as common as ...

A new state bill to expand anti-discrimination statutes to protect people of all sizes was introduced Tuesday in the Delaware House of Representatives. Backed by state Rep. Sophie Phillips, a Bear ...

Research reveals that women are over 16 times more likely than men to perceive employment related discrimination and identify weight as the basis for their discriminatory experience. This isn't just ...

Childhood obesity increases a person’s risk of weight discrimination People were 2.8 times more likely to experience weight stigma if they had severe obesity before age 18 Researchers recommend ...

Most forms of workplace discrimination have been barred for years thanks to state and federal protections. But in 49 states around the U.S., there’s still at least one that’s legal: discrimination ...

Weight stigma can trigger changes in the body, such as increased cortisol levels, that lead to poor metabolic health and increased weight gain. This creates a vicious cycle where discrimination leads ...

The city follows New York, San Francisco and others with legal protections against that kind of bias in housing, public accommodations and hiring. Beginning August 1, it’s illegal to discriminate ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric ...

Weight discrimination may lead to a vicious cycle that increases the risk for future weight problems, a new study shows. Research from the Florida State University College of Medicine found that ...

More than 93 million Americans are obese. That’s nearly 40 percent of the U.S. population. Researchers and healthcare providers have invested time and money in studies to explain why so many Americans ...

When Anna Guest-Jelley—26 years old at the time—badly twisted her ankle, the Nashville native went to see her doctor. "Your ankle's probably swollen," she said, "because you're carrying extra weight." ...