Scale Up Your Practice by Obesity Canada
Scale Up Your Practice by Obesity Canada
Podcast Description
Tune into Scale Up Your Practice, Obesity Canada’s podcast for healthcare professionals.
Hosted by Dr. Roshan Abraham and Michelle McMillan, each episode dives into practical, evidence-informed conversations about obesity care—covering topics like weight stigma, patient-centered approaches, and the connection between obesity and other health conditions.
You’ll hear expert perspectives, real-world experiences, and insights to help you provide better, more compassionate care.
Listen now and scale up your practice.
Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast centers on various themes including obesity stigma, patient-centered care, and the relationship between obesity and other health conditions, with episodes discussing topics like weight stigma in healthcare, the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines, and behavioral change in clinical practice.
Tune into Scale Up Your Practice, Obesity Canada’s podcast for healthcare professionals.
Hosted by Dr. Roshan Abraham and Michelle McMillan, each episode dives into practical, evidence-informed conversations about obesity care—covering topics like weight stigma, patient-centered approaches, and the connection between obesity and other health conditions.
You’ll hear expert perspectives, real-world experiences, and insights to help you provide better, more compassionate care.
Listen now and scale up your practice.
Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
How can we better support kids and families living with obesity? That’s the question we’re exploring in this episode—with help from the experts who helped write the new national guideline.
We’re joined by two of the key contributors behind this work: Dr. Geoff Ball, co-lead author and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Catherine Birken, Pediatrician and Research Scientist at SickKids in Toronto.
Together, they unpack what makes this guideline different, how it reflects the voices of children and families, and why it matters in everyday clinical practice.
In this episode:
Why the new pediatric guideline was created—and what’s changed
How the guideline incorporates lived experience and values of families
What “multicomponent interventions” are and why they’re foundational
The role of shared decision-making and trauma-informed care in pediatrics
- Strategies for working with diverse populations and tailoring care
- Practical tips clinicians can use right away in their practice
Additional Resources Mentioned:
Canadian Pediatric Obesity Clinical Practice Guideline: https://utm.guru/uijQ1
Free course: Introduction to Pediatric Obesity: https://utm.guru/uijQ3
Read more about weight bias, stigma, and discrimination: https://utm.guru/uijQ4
- Sign up for Obesity Canada’s Education Hub for more online learning: https://utm.guru/uijQ5
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