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How Inequality in Healthcare Makes Society Sick, with Layal Liverpool and Chris van Tulleken, Part Two

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Examining Racial Bias in Healthcare Measurements

This chapter examines how healthcare measurements, particularly BMI, can reinforce racial biases and misclassifications for non-white demographics. It also addresses the systemic inequalities that ethnic minorities encounter in accessing healthy food and exercise opportunities.

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