Human Services Student Presents on Weight Bias at GW Research Days


April 10, 2017

Graduate student Amaris Vazquez presents a poster at Research Days 2017 in the Marvin Center.

Senior Rebecca Levy researched weight bias in elementary schools. She tested local fourth and fifth grade teachers to see if they displayed bias against overweight people and found that every teacher surveyed showed an automatic preference for thin people.

Read more at:
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/students-present-novel-ideas-research-days-2017