Weighing the Evidence and Impact of Obesity Bias

Weighing the Evidence and Impact of Obesity Bias presents strategies to help interdisciplinary healthcare professionals identify language and behaviors tinged with obesity bias before they result in a breakdown in the patient-clinician alliance. Feelings associated with stigmatizing language during care episodes may result in blame, shame, and undesirable effects on the patient’s engagement. This course helps healthcare professionals recognize potentially stigmatizing language or behaviors in the care they provide. It also provides evidence-based strategies and alternative approaches known to improve trust and rapport and increase patient engagement in desirable healthy behaviors to achieve maximum health outcomes for each individual patient.