Ep 80 Why Weight Stigma Is Hurting Patient Health & What to Focus on Instead of Weight | Dr. Gregory Dodell

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Making assumptions about a person’s health based on their body size can be incredibly harmful. Not only are these assumptions based largely on weight stigma, but they ignore other health struggles an individual might be dealing with.</span></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Gregory Dodell is a board-certified endocrinologist who received his medical degree from Albany Medical College. He completed his Internal Medicine and Endocrinology fellowship at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center affiliated with Columbia University, and he is in private practice at Central Park Endocrinology. </span></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He joins us today to help us understand why taking a weight-neutral approach to endocrine issues is so important. Dr. Dodell also highlights the higher risk of eating disorders found in populations who happen to have diabetes or PCOS. Then, he speaks to the importance of honoring all our different shapes and sizes and what that means for diet recommendations. This is an incredibly important episode that helps us understand just how harmful weight stigma is, and why it’s important to treat patients with a weight-neutral approach.</span></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we cover:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[3:03] Taking a weight-neutral approach in his practice as an endocrinologist</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[9:12] Why there’s a higher risk of eating disorders in diabetic and PCOS populations</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[11:17] Why we’re all meant to be different shapes and sizes and what that means for diet recommendations</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[13:12] What is weight stigma and how does it h