Peer Support Round Table: October 2022

Topics Discussed

• Case study: A patient with pre-diabetes and chronic pain who has struggled with anger and feelings that her body has abandoned her is feeling fear/anger toward pending lab results
• Is our bias (for a weight-inclusive approach) affecting our ability to view GLP-1 inhibitors as “miracle drugs”? With reference to:
  • “How conceptualizing o***ity as a disease affects beliefs about weight, and associated weight stigma and clinical decision-making in health care”
  • Unsolicitied Fatties: Talk Back S02E02 – The Whale
• When those with more privileged identities define empathy for those with more marginalized identities