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  • Anjali Ramkissoon Feels Ashamed For Attacking Uber Driver, Miami Doctor Apologizes On ‘GMA’

    Anjali Ramkissoon, the infamous doctor who was caught on video physically and verbally attacked an Uber driver in Miami last week has appeared on TV to apologize for her behavior.

    The 30-year-old doctor showed up on Good Morning America and took responsibility for her actions and explained the reason behind the incident.

    “I see a person that is not me,” Ramkissoon told GMA host George Stephanopoulos. “I’m ashamed. I still can’t watch the entire video.”

    She revealed that prior to the altercation, she learned that her father had been taken to a hospital and her boyfriend of two years had broken up with her.

    The young neurologist admitted that she had been drinking moments before the squabble. Ramkissoon took another person’s Uber and started to behave violently when the driver refused to drive her. She threw the driver’s belongings out of his car including his cellphone, mail, and receipts.

    Watch Anjali Ramkissoon Assault an Uber Driver in Miami

    She yelled expletives and tried to kick the driver in the groin as he tried to calm her down.

    “It was probably one of the worst days of my life. I was caught at my lowest moment,” Anjali Ramkissoon said admitting that her personal problems were not excuse to behave that way.

    Ramkissoon, a fourth year neurology resident at the Jackson Health Systems, was put on paid administrative leave after the video went viral.

    “There’s absolutely no excuse for my actions,” she told Stephanopoulos on Wednesday, “I’m ashamed. I’m so sorry. I’ve hurt so many people.”

    The Uber driver did not seek any legal action against Ramkissoon. She said they have already settled the issue and that she has apologized to the driver and paid for the damages she caused to his car.

    Anjali Ramkissoon Expresses Her Apology on GMA

    However, Anjali Ramkissoon was not happy with how people have been reacting over the incident. In a separate interview with Daily Mail Online on Sunday, she claimed people have been harassing her and her family since that night.

    “I’m not sure I deserve what’s happening,” she said.

  • Shaming Doesn’t Help Obese People Lose Weight, Shows Study

    Americans are now larger than ever, and predicted to become even larger over the next few decades. Along with the rise in obesity has come a rise in associated health problems and costs. Medical professionals across the U.S. are now searching for strategies to motivate weight loss in the population. According to a new study out this week, shaming patients into weight loss should not be one of those strategies.

    The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found that weight discrimination could increase the risk for obesity rather than motivate lifestyle changes. Researchers at the Florida State University College of Medicine looked at over 6,000 study participants, comparing their height and weight measured in 2006 and 2010.

    The results found that study participants who claimed to have faced weight discrimination were 2.5 times more likely to become obese during those four years. In addition, those participants who were already obese in 2006 and faced weight discrimination were more likely to remain so in 2010.

    “In addition to the well-known emotional and economic costs, our results suggest that weight discrimination also increases risk of obesity,” said Angelina Sutin, lead author of the study and a professor at Florida State. “This could lead to a vicious cycle where individuals who are overweight and obese are more vulnerable to weight discrimination, and this discrimination may contribute to subsequent obesity and difficulties with weight management.”

    Discrimination such as sex and race was not shown to have the same correlation with obesity that weight discrimination did. The study took into account other factors such as the age and gender of study participants.