Continuing Medical Education Course to Reduce Weight Stigmatization in the Clinical Setting Through The Rudd Center

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The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting solutions to childhood obesity, poor diet, and weight bias through research and policy.

Deputy Director of the University of Conneticut Rudd Center, Dr. Rebecca Puhl, lead the development of this course for health care providers to improve obesity care and prevent stigmatization towards obese patients.

The Rudd Center Continuing Medical Education course provides strategies to increase awareness of personal biases that may negatively influence patient care, as well as strategies to improve communication, which could positively influence provider-patient relationships and patient health outcomes.

Reducing bias and stigmatization is particularly important for the Latino population because they are already disproportionately burdened by barriers to access health care, as well as disparities in obesity rates and adverse health outcomes.

Learn more about this continuing medical education course to reduce weight bias in the clinical setting here.

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