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Jul 24, 2013
Medical Xpress
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Weight discrimination may increase risk for obesity rather than motivating individuals to lose weight, according to research published July 24 in the open access journal PLoS ONE by Angelina Sutin and Antonio Terracciano from the Florida State University College of Medicine.

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Jul 25, 2013
The Christian Science Monitor
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Overweight people teased for their weight – fat shaming – will actually eat more, according to a study done by Angelina Sutin and Antonio Terracciano from the Florida State University College of Medicine. For overweight peoples' family, friends, and peers, "just being honest" about fat gain can have consequences.

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Jul 25, 2013
CBS News
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Trying to motivate overweight and obese friends to shed pounds through tough love, name-calling and teasing may raise their risk for becoming or staying obese, according to new research led by Dr. Angelina R. Sutin, a psychological scientist at the Florida State University College of Medicine.

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Jul 25, 2013
Gulf Breeze News
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For the past 10 years ‘Pensacola’s Medical School’ has been helping meet the demand for health care services and  now Dr. Paul McLeod, Senior Associate Dean for Regional Campuses at the FSU College of Medicine in Pensacola, is beginning to see some of the doctors return to the area after completing their residencies.

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Jul 26, 2013
Times of India (Mumbai)
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Weight discrimination may drive people to become fatter instead of motivating them to slim down, according to research done by Angelina Sutin and Antonio Terracciano from the Florida State University College of Medicine.

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Jul 26, 2013
NBCNews.com
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Making overweight or obese people feel bad about their bodies doesn’t do anything to motivate them to lose weight – actually, a new study led by Angelina Sutin, a psychologist and assistant professor at the Florida State University College of Medicine, finds it does just the opposite.

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Jul 26, 2013
NPR: Blogs
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A study led by Angelina Sutin, a psychologist at the Florida State University College of Medicine, has found that discriminating against fat people only makes them fatter. Sutin's study was published in the latest issue of the online journal PLOS One.

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Jul 26, 2013
The Week
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Humiliation doesn't encourage people to get in shape according to a new study published in PLOS One by Angelina Sutin, a psychologist and assistant professor at the Florida State University College of Medicine.

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Jul 27, 2013
Nature World News
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Angelina Sutin, researcher  from the Florida State University College of Medicine, found that rather than acting as a motivating factor to lose weight, discrimination based on a person's BMI may actually increase an obese person's risk of gaining weight. The study was published in the journal PLOSE ONE.

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Aug 28, 2013
HeraldTribune.com
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While some states are moving to adopt the POLST approach through legislation or regulation, the strategy in Florida is to test this new tool in pilot projects around the state and build enthusiasm for the concept far from the political arena. Marshall Kapp, director of the Florida State University medical school's Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law, is quoted in the article.

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