Special Edition - Weight Bias and Stigma - Part 2 - Jan 2026

In this special series on Weight Bias and Stigma our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss weight bias and stigma and its importance because weight bias and stigma have an important impact the experience of living with obesity, leads to measurable adverse outcomes, and when it is present in health care interactions it affects all subsequent care that a patient receives. This special episode is sponsored with support from Lilly. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Sean Wharton, M.D., Medical Director of the Wharton Medical Clinic, Adjunct Professor McMaster University and York University. Patty Nece - Lawyer and Former Counsel for Regulations and Legislation at U.S. Department of Labor; Past Chair of the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC); Member National Academy of Sciences' Roundtable on Obesity Solutions; Member, World Obesity Federation Policy and Prevention Committee; Commissioner on The Lancet Commission on Obesity. Selected references : Weight stigma and bias: standards of care in overweight and obesity—2025 . BMJ Open Diab Res Care 2025;13:e004962. doi:10.1136/ bmjdrc-2025-004962 Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines: reducing weight, bias, and obesity management, practice, and policy

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Special Edition - Weight Bias and Stigma - Part 2 - Jan 2026 is an episode from Diabetes Core Update by American Diabetes Association.

This episode is 37:52 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2026.

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