Using the guidelines in this handout can improve patient care in your office. Review these guidelines with your medical and administrative staff to create a comfortable and welcoming office environment for patients with higher body weight
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When going to the doctor, many patients feel anxious and often leave their appointment with unanswered questions. As a patient, you need to know what your health issues are, what your choices for treatment are, and why you might choose one option over another. It is very important to ask direct questions to your doctor to help you decide what decisions are best for you. Remember that your relationship with your doctor should be a partnership, where you work as a team to make the most appropriate decisions for your health.This handout provides strategies to help prepare you for your doctor’s appointment, so that you can obtain the information that you need, and so that you can take control of your health care.
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Children with high body weight are vulnerable to weight bias. This means that they may be the target of negative attitudes in the form of stereotypes, prejudice and unfair treatment because of their weight. Weight bias can be expressed in different ways, such as verbal
comments, physical aggression, and social exclusion. This handout helps parents identify if their child is being targeted and how to help.
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Full citation: Lessard LM, Puhl RM, Watson RJ. Gay-Straight Alliances: A Mechanism of Health Risk Reduction Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Adolescents. Am J Prev Med. 2020;59(2):196-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.02.020
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Rebecca Puhl
New York’s Creating Healthy Schools and Communities (CHSC) program is an initiative to increase access to healthy, affordable foods, and opportunities for physical activity in some of the state’s high-need school districts. As part of the program, schools worked with district-level officials to assess their written wellness policies using the WellSAT, an online written wellness policy assessment measure.
Study findings indicated that schools within districts with strong policies were nearly twice as likely to implement overall wellness practices compared to schools in districts with weak policies or no policies at all.
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Full citation: Boehm R, Schwartz MB, Lowenfels A, Brissette I, Pattison MJ, Ren J. The Relationship between Written District Policies and School Practices among High-Need Districts in New York State. J Sch Health. 2020;90(6):465-473. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12896
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Full citation: Asada Y, Turner L, Schwartz M, Chriqui JF. “Bridging, brokering, and buffering”: a theoretical exploration of school leaders’ engagement with local school wellness policy implementation. Implementation Science Communications. 2020;1:44. Published 2020 May 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-020-00029-1
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Full citation: Puhl RM, Telke S, Larson N, Eisenberg ME, Neumark-Stzainer D. Experiences of weight stigma and links with self-compassion among a population-based sample of young adults from diverse ethnic/racial and socio-economic backgrounds. J Psychosom Res. 2020;134:110134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110134
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Full citation: Himmelstein MS, Puhl RM, Pearl RL, Pinto AM, Foster GD. Coping with Weight Stigma Among Adults in a Commercial Weight Management Sample. Int J Behav Med. 2020;27(5):576-590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-020-09895-4
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Full citation: Pomeranz JL, Harris JL. Children’s Fruit “Juice” Drinks and FDA Regulations: Opportunities to Increase Transparency and Support Public Health. Am J Public Health. 2020;110(6):871-880. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305621