🎙️This episode is supported by an unrestricted education grant from Eli Lilly Canada

What does ethical obesity care look like when the system itself can make good care harder to deliver? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Jerry Maniate about trust, language, weight bias, and the kind of reflective practice that helps healthcare professionals move beyond transactional and into relational care.

In this episode

• A closer look at the trust gap many people living with obesity experience in healthcare
• How language can either open the door to better care or reinforce harm and disconnection
• Why ethical obesity care must account for real-world barriers like access, affordability, and food insecurity
• Practical reflections on how clinicians can unlearn outdated thinking and stay open to feedback

Additional resources

• Equity in Health Systems Lab: https://utm.guru/un7Sv
• Carefully Chosen Words: Language for Inclusive Care: https://utm.guru/un7Sw
• Free course: Words matter: the Consequences of Weight Bias & Stigmatizing Language: https://utm.guru/un7Sx
• Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines: https://utm.guru/un7Sy
• Canadian Obesity Education Competencies: https://utm.guru/un7Sz

Learning objectives

• Apply ethical frameworks and evidence-based best practices to navigate the rapidly evolving clinical science of obesity care.
• Analyze how receiving and acting upon interprofessional feedback fosters the learning necessary to maintain clinical competence.
• Evaluate how systemic weight bias compromises ethical standards of care, and identify collaborative strategies to dismantle these barriers in daily practice.

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Disclosures

This episode script was developed using NotebookLM to synthesize complex source materials into a structured educational format. The tool was used to analyze the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs), the Obesity Canada Strategic Plan, and guest-specific research. Specific prompts were utilized to extract relevant learning objectives, map them to CanMEDS roles, and generate competency-based interview questions.

While NotebookLM assisted in drafting the narrative arc and educational framework, all content has been reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by the podcast hosts and Obesity Canada's clinical experts. This ensures the script aligns with current science and best practices and authentically represents the lived experience perspective.