The deficits in patient-provider relationships in overweight/obese women indicate that many of these women are not receiving adequate behavioral counseling. Focusing on improving rapport-building communication will likely help to remedy this, as well as to improve patients' involvement in their prenatal care. In addition, providers' implicit bias against those with overweight/obesity needs to be addressed in order to improve patient-provider relationships; the fact that providers rate their patients as less likable is proof that this implicit bias is affecting the relationship.