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Bariatric and metabolic surgery during and after the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Doctors have cautioned against patients with obesity being ‘stigmatised’, in the re-start of non-COVID health treatments.Doctors warn against obesity patient 'stigma'
Dr Helen Heneghan, member of The Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism and Metabolic Surgeon at St. Vincent's Hospital Group, discusses the need for metabolic surgeries to resume.
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Listen to live and catch-up radio, and browse RTÉ Radio schedules and podcast catalogueCoinciding with World Obesity Day, over 100 international medical and scientific organisations have today pledged their support for a consensus statement that recognises unscientific public narratives of obesity as a major cause of weight stigma and calls for strong policies and legislation to prevent weight-based discrimination.
Today Liver Wellness joins the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (IrSPEN) and many other Irish organisations to take the pledge to eliminate weight bias and stigma. Please click on the link to take the pledge to end obesity stigma www.pledge2endobesitystigma.org
PLEDGE TO ELIMINATE WEIGHT BIAS AND STIGMA OF OBESITY
We Recognize That:
• Individuals affected by overweight and obesity face a pervasive form of social stigma based on the typically unproven assumption that their body weight derives primarily from a lack self-discipline and personal responsibility.
• Such portrayal is inconsistent with current scientific evidence demonstrating that body weight regulation is not entirely under volitional control, and that biological, genetic and environmental factors critically contribute to obesity.
• Weight bias and stigma can result in discrimination and undermine human rights, social rights, and the health of afflicted individuals.
• Weight stigma and discrimination cannot be tolerated in modern societies.
We Condemn:
• The use of stigmatizing language, images, attitudes, policies, and weight-based discrimination, wherever they occur.
We Pledge:
• To treat individuals with overweight and obesity with dignity and respect.
• To refrain from using stereotypical language, images, and narratives that unfairly and inaccurately depict individuals with overweight and obesity as lazy, gluttonous, and lacking will power or self-discipline.
• To encourage and support educational initiatives aimed at eradicating weight bias through dissemination of current knowledge of obesity and body weight regulation.
• To encourage and support initiatives aimed at preventing weight discrimination in the workplace, education, and healthcare settings.
#WorldObesityDay
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is on the rise in tandem with growing levels of obesity and diabetes, Article by Professor Suzanne Norris.
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Obesity and Diabetes Bringing More Liver Disease ...... conscienhealth.org/2019/08/obesity-and-diabetes-bringing-more-liver-disease/
Obesity and Diabetes Bringing More Liver Disease - ConscienHealth
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New data paints a stark picture for complications of untreated obesity. Liver disease resulting from obesity and diabetes is growing. Other forms are not.#WorldObesityDay - the Roots of Obesity Run Deep.
Check out Ireland's Score Card on "Missing the Global 2025 Targets Report"
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Irish Independent - 15 January 2018
