How Doctors Can Stop Stigmatizing — And Start Helping — Kids With Obesity
5 years, 7 months ago

How Doctors Can Stop Stigmatizing — And Start Helping — Kids With Obesity

NPR  

How Doctors Can Stop Stigmatizing — And Start Helping — Kids With Obesity Enlarge this image Andrea D'Aquino for NPR Andrea D'Aquino for NPR Kids with obesity face a host of health problems related to their weight, like high blood pressure, diabetes and joint problems. Rethinking Weight Loss Trust Your Gut: A Beginner's Guide To Intuitive Eating Trust Your Gut: A Beginner's Guide To Intuitive Eating Listen · 17:16 17:16 "We do live in a culture where we're snacking all the time," Vaidya says. Sponsor Message Still, some pediatric obesity researchers say that even though this all-in, family-focused approach is difficult, it's the best model we have to help kids who are at an unhealthy weight. "What the evidence shows is that you need frequent, intensive contact with multidisciplinary teams," says Brooke Sweeney, a pediatrician and the medical director of Weight Management Services at Children's Mercy in Kansas City, Mo., a program that takes a similar approach to IDEAL.

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Doctors dealing with childhood obesity are getting trained in empathy at schools
1 month ago

Doctors dealing with childhood obesity are getting trained in empathy at schools

NPR  

Doctors dealing with childhood obesity are getting trained in empathy at schools Pediatricians historically have not had much instruction on how to deal with childhood obesity. CARDOZA: Health care professionals report they don't feel competent or comfortable discussing weight with their patients, so some don't bring up the issue at all. CARDOZA: Apart from medical conditions like diabetes and sleep …

Addressing issues in families more effective in reducing childhood obesity: study
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Addressing issues in families more effective in reducing childhood obesity: study

NL Times  

A different approach to childhood obesity can save municipalities, health services, and insurers 2,300 euros per child in annual healthcare costs, according to a study by the VitaValley Foundation on behalf of JOGG, a social organization committed to healthy youth. The “Children to a Healthy Weight Approach” focuses on addressing issues in the child’s life and family instead of only …

Stigma, fatphobia, and a cure? How obesity became a disease.
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Stigma, fatphobia, and a cure? How obesity became a disease.

Slate  

Ever since it showed up on the Body Mass Index, the label “obese” has been used to judge and often shame people with larger bodies. Medical providers, family and friends, even strangers make assumptions about fat people’s health solely based on their size. The American Medical Association, the National Institutes of Health, and the American Obesity Society all classify obesity …

Queen Latifah calls for more ‘inclusive healthcare’ for people with obesity
1 year, 4 months ago

Queen Latifah calls for more ‘inclusive healthcare’ for people with obesity

The Independent  

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Should GPs bring up a patient’s weight in consultations about other matters? We asked five experts
1 year, 5 months ago

Should GPs bring up a patient’s weight in consultations about other matters? We asked five experts

ABC  

Australian of the Year and body positivity advocate Taryn Brumfitt has called for doctors to avoid mentioning patients' weight when they seek care for unrelated matters. By raising the issue of weight, Brumfitt says, GPs also risk turning patients off seeking care for other health concerns. I agree that weight stigma is damaging, and insensitively raising weight in consultations can …

Teens with severe obesity are turning to surgery and new weight loss drugs
1 year, 6 months ago

Teens with severe obesity are turning to surgery and new weight loss drugs

Associated Press  

John Simon III was a hungry baby, a “chunky” toddler and a chubby little boy, his mother said. “It was like a whole new start,” said John, who will start high school in California this fall. Some on social media accused doctors and parents of taking the easy way out, blaming things like junk food or video games — or …

6 Things Thin Parents Of Fat Kids Need To Understand
1 year, 7 months ago

6 Things Thin Parents Of Fat Kids Need To Understand

Huff Post  

mrs via Getty Images You may have spent your whole life hoping you don’t “look fat” in photos or items of clothing, but if you’re someone who can walk into any clothing store assuming that they’ll carry your size, then you’re benefiting from thin privilege every day. Virginia Sole-Smith, author of “Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture,” …

Lifesaving or stigmatizing? Parents wrestle with obesity treatment options for kids
1 year, 7 months ago

Lifesaving or stigmatizing? Parents wrestle with obesity treatment options for kids

NPR  

Parents wrestle with obesity treatment options for kids Enlarge this image Janice Chang for NPR Janice Chang for NPR Two mothers — Jen McLellan in Albuquerque, N.M., and Grace, of Bethesda, Md. McLellan says doctors often push diets and drugs to achieve cosmetic fixes, not to solve actual medical problems — she herself didn't face health issues related to her …

Why do experts want faster obesity treatment for children?
1 year, 11 months ago

Why do experts want faster obesity treatment for children?

Firstpost  

According to researchers, obesity is a chronic disease that affects children and adolescents, and that the old strategy — a kind of watchful waiting, or delayed treatment — will not help. Children and adolescents with obesity often experience teasing and bullying, which, the academy wrote, contribute to “binge eating, social isolation, avoidance of health care services and decreased physical activity, …

Obesity is causing a health crisis – but NHS doctors just seem to shrug
3 years, 7 months ago

Obesity is causing a health crisis – but NHS doctors just seem to shrug

The Independent  

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How Parents Can Address Kids' Pandemic Weight Gain
3 years, 9 months ago

How Parents Can Address Kids' Pandemic Weight Gain

NPR  

How Parents Can Address Kids' Pandemic Weight Gain Enlarge this image Terry Vine/Getty Images Terry Vine/Getty Images As more schools open for in-person learning and some organized sports resume, many children — like adults — are returning to the world after having packed on extra body weight. "Screen-time rules for kids being two hours or less came from the fact …

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