Implicit biases are unconscious tendencies to make judgements in a particular way (Greenwald & Krieger, 2006.) Implicit biases are affected by the attitudes, thoughts, stereotypes and beliefs of an individual and these biases can have important influences on behavior (O’Brein, Latner, Ebneter & Hunter, 2013; Bessenoff & Sherman, 2000.) Weight bias is a form of bias that does not receive as much attention as other types of bias, like race and gender bias, however it does have important consequences on the lives of individuals that are overweight. In the United States more than one third of individuals are considered obese (Flegal, Kruszon-Moran, Carroll, Fryar & Ogden, 2016.) Research has shown that health care professionals often have a
