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Reality Check: Why Don’t Fat Women Get Checked for Cancer of the Nasty Bits? | BlogSheroes Worthwhile, impassioned take on one of the issues causing noncompliance (there are a batch of factoids such as those in the quote that ring true and are convincing) that is typically mentioned only in passing. While I suspect that obesity is rarely the only hurdle to adherence, I also suspect, especially after reading this post, that it deserves more attention than it currently receives. In any case, clinicians need to be aware of their own biases and not allow the to interfere with patient care.

From The Introduction: The Rotund points out a recent Reuters article about how clinically obese women are less likely to be screened for cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer. And of course, researchers and journalists just can’t imagine why.

It’s not certain why obese women are less likely to get these screening tests, as few studies have been designed to look at the underlying reasons

Well, here’s one: Stigma and Discrimination in Weight Management and Obesity, by Kelly Brownell and Rebecca Pugh.

The article also references Barriers to routine gynelogical cancer screening for White and African-American obese women, by Amy, Aalborg, Lyons and Keranen.