Battle Against Ayurveda is a Fight for Our Survival
The Case against Patanjali by Indian Medical Association and the tone of Judiciary is alarming. We need to look into its historical and global context to fully grasp its ramification.
We all know that obese people face bias and the obese kids face ridicule and bullying. What is the nature of the whole process of stigmatizing of obesity. As the Obesity increases in America, the bias seems to be increasing and not decreasing.
This behavior by others to the obese people, creates a depression and lot of mental problems in those people, which can have a very damaging and often devastating impact on their whole life.
Yale Rudd Center has done a lot of work in this area and we can see the different documents here.
Rebecca Puhl, Director of Research and Weight Stigma Initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, and Kelly Brownell, Rudd Center Director, discuss the extent and impact of weight bias.
Women Judged On Weight In Court, Study Finds
Male Jurors More Likely To Find Fat Women Guilty, Study Says
Body weight and gender influence judgment in the courtroom
Overweight Women Continue to Be Judged Harshly for Everything, Everywhere – Including Courtrooms
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