With society steeped in anti-fat bias, keep the patient’s agenda to the fore

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With society steeped in anti-fat bias, keep the patient’s agenda to the fore

8 May 2019

Wednesday 8 May 2019, 09:00 AM

Buttabean Motivation founder Dave Letele with obesity course participants Birgit McConnachie, Tom Davies, Chris McKnight, Zoe Sole, Debbie Young, Anna Lamb and Fi Hezinger

Nelson GP registrar Tom Davies had a wake-up call when studying stigma against fat people. Dr Davies dug out research that shows negative attitudes, Lesley Gray, of the University of Otago, Wellington, leads the postgraduate paper, Obesity Prevention and Management, Lesley Gray, of the University of Otago, Wellington, leads the postgraduate paper, Obesity Prevention and Management

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References

1. Su W, Di Santo A. Preschool children’s perceptions of overweight peers. J Early Child Res. 2012;10(1):19–31.

2. Pausé C. Die another day: The obstacles facing fat people in accessing quality healthcare. Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics 2014:135–141.

3. Lee J, Pausé, C. Stigma in practice: Barriers to health for fat women. Frontiers in Psychology 2018;7:Article 2063.

4. Gray L, Stubbs M, Macdonald L, et al. A taboo topic? How general practitioners talk about overweight and obesity in New Zealand. J Prim Health Care 2018;10;2:150–158.

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