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Author: Professor Rachel Batterham

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About Professor Rachel Batterham
Professor Rachel Batterham is an National Institute of Health Research Professor of Obesity, Diabetes and Endocrinology at University College London and recently launched a patient advocacy group to highlight discrimination in the NHS against people with obesity www.oen.org.uk

Posts by Professor Rachel Batterham

Obesity – the last acceptable prejudice

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Obesity is the last socially-acceptable prejudice, wrongly seen as an avoidable condition which people bring upon themselves. Unfortunately, this prejudice carries over to the NHS – an issue that I have witnessed first hand. What I now know, as an obesity clinician and researcher for the last 14 years at University College London, is that obesity, which […]

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Obesity – the last acceptable prejudice

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Obesity is the last socially-acceptable prejudice, wrongly seen as an avoidable condition which people bring upon themselves. Unfortunately, this prejudice carries over to the NHS – an issue that I have witnessed first hand. What I now know, as an obesity clinician and researcher for the last 14 years at University College London, is that obesity, which […]

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