Weight bias among health professionals specializing in obesity.

By M. Schwartz, H. Chambliss, K. Brownell, S. Blair, C. Billington. Obesity Research, 2003

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Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review (2017, background): “Table 2 Main characteristics of studies Studies (N = 42) Method Assumption method 25 [25–41, 43, 58, 59, 61, 63–66] Implicit measure 17 [20–24, 42, 44–50, 60, 62, 67, 68] Implicit measure - IAT 15 [22–24, 42, 44–50, 60, 62, 67, 68] (of which: IAT combined with behaviour or decision) 9 [23, 24, 42, 4”
Confronting and Coping with Weight Stigma: An Investigation of Overweight and Obese Adults (2006, result): “This finding also supports previous research indicating that health care professionals are not immune to weight bias (11,35,36) because doctors were the most frequent source of stigma reported by women and the second most frequent source reported by men.”
The Stigma of Obesity: A Review and Update (2009, background): “Schwartz and colleagues found that health professionals ( N = 389) endorsed both the implicit and explicit stereotypes that fat people are lazy, stu-pid, and worthless (40).”