Many clinicians find discussing weight with the person infront of them daunting, and yet weight can have a significant impact on multiple conditions and outcomes.
How do we raise the subject without offending them?
What should we say (or not say)?
In this episode Ben is joined by Ben Steele-Turner, Physiotherapist with an Msc in Human Nutrition and ongoing with a PhD into how Physiotherapists can better support weight management in people with osteoarthritis.
In this episode they cover:
(00:00:00) - Intro(00:02:26) - How do we raise the subject of weight management when patients don’t initiate it?(00:09:51) - Are there certain terms we should avoid when discussing weight management?
(00:18:44) – Should we ask them about what foods they eat?(00:28:50) - How to respond when someone claims to be eating healthy but they are living with overweight?(00:36:39) - What to say when they ask “can’t I just have the weight loss injection?”(00:42:51) - How has Rory Sutherland influenced your practice & PhD?(00:45:36) - Lessons from Uber That We Can Apply To Healthcare(00:53:56) - The Doorman Fallacy & Cost Cutting
(01:12:29) - Ben’s hardest conversation
(01:17:31) – When Weight Management For Knee OA Goes Right
The study mentioned:
Commitments, norms and custard creams – a social influence approach to reducing did not attends (DNAs): Martin, Bassi & Dunbar-Rees (2012).
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3308641/
You can find Ben Steele-Turner on Instagram & LinkedIn: @physiutrition
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