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WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- Two studies suggest weight discrimination in the United States is almost as common as racial discrimination.
A study in the journal Obesity said discrimination based on weight increased 66 percent over the past decade, USA Today reported Wednesday. A study in the International Journal of Obesity said 17 percent of men and 9 percent of women reported race discrimination, while 28 percent of severely obese men and 45 percent of severely obese women said they experienced discrimination because of their weight.
"Weight discrimination is a very serious social problem that we need to pay attention to," Rebecca Puhl of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University told the newspaper.
Severely obese men and women said they faced institutional discrimination -- being fired or turned down for a job or promotion because of their weight -- as well as interpersonal discrimination, such as insults, abuse and harassment.
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