In this Episode, Obesity Medicine Specialist and OMA Clinical Education Director Dr. Nicholas Pennings interviews, Theodore Kyle, a highlighted speaker from the Obesity Medicine 2023 Conference session The Power of Putting People First: the Importance of the Language We Use. In this episode, they will discuss the importance of the language healthcare providers use and how it can potentiate the stigma that patients with obesity experience. They will review existing evidence surrounding the impact of language and communication style on weight management outcomes and discuss best practices to minimize feelings of weight stigma and weight bias during patient interactions.
Dr. Jennifer Paisley, an internal medicine and pediatric physician with St. Elizabeth Health System, and Dr. Sherry Sakowitz-Sukkar, the director and Founder of Healthways...
In this episode Co-Authors, Dr. Harold Bays and Dr. Angela Fitch, review the article Obesity, thrombosis, venous disease, lymphatic disease and lipedema: An Obesity...
In this episode, Obesity medicine specialist and OMA clinical education director Dr. Nicholas Pennings interviews Dr. John Batsis, highlighted speaker from the Overcoming Obesity...