http://obesityintheus.com/topic/belinda-goldsmith2010-09-23T18:15:19Z2010-09-23T18:15:19ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:obesityintheus.com,2010-09-23:/overweight-youngsters-face-discrimination-parents-1560730a/

<div><p><span>NEW YORK</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - Overweight youngsters may face discrimination at school and in relationships but a <span>U.S.</span> study has found they can also receive harsher treatment at home -- from their own parents.</p><p>Studies have shown parents are less likely to help overweight or obese offspring pay for college but researchers from the <span><a title="University of North Texas" href="/top...

2010-03-08T07:00:24ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:obesityintheus.com,2010-03-08:/modern-etiquette-obese-deserve-contempt-865896a/

<div><p><a title="Seattle" href="/topic/Seattle" >SEATTLE</a> (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - Disgust. Pity. Contempt.</p><p>Obesity is everywhere in our society today -- and this is how it is met by a remarkable number of people.</p><p>People who would find slurs against other groups unthinkable still seem to think nothing of correcting, lecturing, and even humiliating complete strangers who are overweight.</p><p>Not only is such casual obesity-bash...