Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Obesity - the last discrimination
The journal Cancer has published a review that found obese, white women are less likely than other women to undergo regular screenings for breast and cervical cancer. Obese women were 10-40% less likely to undergo these screening tests when compared to other women.We can only speculate why this is so. One theory is that heavier women have emotional barriers such as embarrassment and fear of