Mendacity: The Tendency to Lie or Deceive. A Cautionary Tale in Obesity Research, Stigma, and Headlining

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Jan 11:11:598713. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.598713. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Michael D Kendig¹, Margaret J Morris¹, Katherine Samaras^{2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Diabetes and Metabolism, Healthy Ageing Theme, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.
³ Department of Endocrinology, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.
⁴ St Vincent's Clinical School, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: bias; discrimination; fat shaming; obesity; psychology; scientific rigor.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research*
Deception
Humans
Mass Media*
Obesity / psychology*
Obesity / therapy*
Patient Selection*
Social Stigma*