Teaching about obesity: Caring, compassion, communication and courage in midwifery education

Scamell, Mandie; Olander, Ellinor K.

doi:10.12968/bjom.2016.24.7.494

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“…). Stigmatisation has no place in modern healthcare practice and education for its prevention needs to be embedded into curricula for all health professionals (Scamell & Olander ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Weight stigma can leave women feeling disempowered (Phelan et al 2015), is the primary reason for women not taking up weight management support (Atkinson et al 2013), and its impact is often underestimated by health professionals (Furness et al 2011). Stigmatisation has no place in modern healthcare practice and education for its prevention needs to be embedded into curricula for all health professionals (Scamell & Olander 2016).…”

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Maternal nutrition and weight management in pregnancy: A nudge in the right direction

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Suboptimal maternal nutrition and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) establish in mothers and their offspring a weight gain trajectory towards overweight and obesity. Therefore, pregnancy may be the best opportunity to disrupt the generational cycle of obesity. More than half of women in the UK now enter pregnancy overweight or obese, highlighting that if interventions are not targeted towards women in higher weight categories before conception they are likely to ‘miss the mark’. To address issues of suboptimal maternal nutrition and excessive GWG in antenatal care, health professionals need to consider how women's requirements and expectations may have changed in recent years and the impact of weight stigma on the care of women who are obese. This paper aims to drive changes in clinical practice guidelines, medical curricula, the language used by health professionals, and ultimately promote maternal nutrition and weight management in pregnancy as key priorities during antenatal care. Evidence indicates that women want non‐judgemental, simple and encouraging guidance in these areas. Small changes to health professionals’ practice can improve how advice regarding nutrition and weight management in pregnancy is delivered, and has the potential to reduce overweight and obesity prevalence in women and their children in the years to come. Surely that goal is worth pursuing.

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“…). Stigmatisation has no place in modern healthcare practice and education for its prevention needs to be embedded into curricula for all health professionals (Scamell & Olander ).…”

Section: Meet Our Marketmentioning

confidence: 99%