A group of Canadian physicians has issued new guidelines saying that obesity should be defined by a person's health rather than just their weight. In their view, weight discrimination impedes treatment and medicine has made little room for body positivity.
A group of physicians in Canada issued new guidelines this week urging doctors in the country to to take a new approach in the way they treat patients with obesity.
The physicians, who are part of the non-profit Obesity Canada and the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons, believe doctors have not been treating patients with obesity the way they should be. In their view, weight discrimination impedes treatment and medicine has made little room for body positivity.Obesity, they argue, should be defined by a person's health, rather than just their weight.
— CMAJ August 4, 2020 The first step -- an approach Sharma joked was"very Canadian" -- encourages doctors to ask their patients whether they feel comfortable discussing their weight. If they are, and they want to pursue treatment, then doctors can move forward. In this stage, doctors should also learn to reconsider obesity not as a personal failure, but as a chronic illness that isn't curable with a temporary diet or even a major procedure like bariatric surgery.
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