263. Should Doctors Be More Blunt About Weight?

About this episode

The episode discusses whether doctors should be more straightforward about weight issues and the implications of such honesty on patient care.

Send us a text 📲 ! Have a topic idea? Something to celebrate? Don't forget to include your name/location in your text 😀 We're talking about something that makes a lot of people uncomfortable: the doctor’s office. Specifically, should doctors be more blunt when it comes to weight? Some people think honesty is helpful and necessary. Others feel like those conversations can create shame and push people away from care. So today we’re asking the question: where’s the line between honesty and compa...

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Host: Real WW Talk

Topics covered

• doctor's office
• weight
• honesty
• shame
• healthcare
• patient care

Keywords

• weight
• doctors
• honesty
• health
• patient care
• shame
• healthcare

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Organizations: Real WW Talk

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