Obesity Education Resources

Competencies

Obesity Competencies for Medical Education – Obesity Medical Education Collaborative

 

Training / Courses

Overcoming bias when talking with patients who have obesity (Diversity Science e-course, AMWA members can access at no cost)

Obesity Management Learning Hub (ACP)

Obesity Prevention Source (Harvard)

Diabetes educator

 

Talking with Patients

Compassionate Conversations: Obesity (ACOG)

Starting the Conversation (Obesity Care Week)

 

The Stigma of Obesity

Understanding Obesity Stigma (Obesity Action Coalition)

Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents with Obesity Infographic (Rudd Center)

Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents with Obesity (AAP)

 

Patient Perspectives

We Are Faces

Beyond the Body (HealthyWomen, Black Women’s Health Imperative)

 

 

Patient Education

Facing Overweight and Obesity: A Complete Guide for Children and Adults, MGH Psychiatry Academy: Boston, 2019.

 

 

Miscellaneous

Race, ethnicity, sex, and obesity: is it time to personalize the scale? (Mayo Clin Proc. 2019)