How to Challenge Obesity Bias and Stigma in Healthcare

Join Dr Robert Kushner and Joe Nadglowski, CEO of the Obesity Action Coalition, for a discussion on how weight-based bias and stigma harm patients living with obesity, and how you can help.

Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/982630). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertisers. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

Resources

Obesity Action Coalition https://www.obesityaction.org/

Joint International Consensus Statement for Ending Stigma of Obesity https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32127716/

Michigan Department of Civil Rights https://www.michigan.gov/mdcr/for-victims-of-unlawful-discrimination

Income Inequality and Obesity Among US Adults 1999-2016: Does Sex Matter? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34281016/

Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults, by Household Income and Education - United States, 2011-2014 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29267260/

Weight Bias and Stigma: Impact on Health https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34749889/

Project Implicit https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

Weight Bias Internalization and Health: A Systematic Review https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29788533/