http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14363/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/abc-news-weight-discrimination-spiraling-upward <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Discrimination is a problem this country has faced throughout its history. People have been singled out for various characteristics they could not change – ethnicity or origin, color, race or sex.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As discrimination due to those traits is becoming less common in American society, ABC News tackled a new discrimination – weight discrimination – and blamed the food industry and government for the problem. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/abc-news-weight-discrimination-spiraling-upward" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Health Life ABCNews dietindustry discrimination fat foodindustry LeeDye obesity personalresponsibility Racism RebeccaPuhl Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:37:54 +0000 admin 26269 at http://archive2.mrc.org