#OACAction CALL: The St. Paul Saints mascot's name is harmful and MUST be changed immediately.

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For anyone who’s seen the vitriol generated by saying women, too, deserve tools that fit our hands, just imagine what it’s like to work in ORs where legitimate concerns like this are minimized, denied, and made fun of. Women surgeons and our patients deserve better.

🪴What roots are you planting this spring? By creating a free estate plan with our partner, FreeWill, you can plant a strong foundation for your future and the future of the OAC. Get started here: obesityaction.org/ways-to-give/p…

I just sent a message to #Congress about the need to make #Medicare cover a wider range of #obesity treatments. Will you join me? #aging #advocacy act.ncoa.org/a/troa?ms=TROA…

Yup!!! We need to shift this language. Let’s stop calling them weight loss drugs! 👏🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻

Why is it so hard to stop thinking of #obesity as a #RiskyBehavior and start defining it as a #ChronicDisease ? Francesco Rubino is teaching us a thing or two about this today.
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Meet Ava Zebrick: a force at the OAC. Her determination pilots her advocacy work, challenging societal perceptions of obesity. In this interview, Ava shares her struggles, fights for policy reforms, and reshapes beliefs about obesity.
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Imagine the public outrage and engagement across the scientific community if the statement here from JAMA Network Open was “no matter your genetic risk of breast cancer, you can overcome it with exercise.”

#obesity #stigma EASO Ash Paul

I need all my New Jersey friends to email your Assemblyman and senator to support this legislation. Senate Bill 1602 OAC

'No matter your genetic risk of obesity, you can overcome it with exercise.' So says the author of a study in JAMA Network Open that proved no such thing. #StopWeightBias
HT: Ximena Ramos Salas Bias180 OAC
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Paul Mulholland speaks to obesity specialist Dr Michael Crotty about recent statements from the International Obesity Collaborative that define the changing concepts within the field
Michael Crotty Niamh Arthurs EASO Early Career Network HSE Ireland Irish College of GPs

#obesity

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Have you been impacted by or seen an example of #WeightBias in healthcare, employment, education or the media?

OAC's #StopWeightBias campaign aims to end harmful weight stigma. Use the Weight Bias Reporting Tool to report the instance.

StopWeightBias.com/reporting-tool

The first step in stopping weight bias is to learn the facts. Weight bias looks different to everyone, so we've put together fact sheets about weight bias in US adults, racial and ethnic groups and children. stopweightbias.com/resources/fact…

#StopWeightBias #BePartoftheSolution

I’m getting so much interest in learning more about #obesity following the #oprahspecial so let’s keep the conversation going with some important reminders! Which did you need, or not know?

I loved the messages shared ABC News Oprah Winfrey special. YOU have a choice. More treatment options are available and as I’ve shared before , these medications have been giving people hope who have lost hope. Let’s stop the shaming and acknowledge that this is NOT your fault. #obesity

This point is often misunderstood. #Obesity shouldn’t be diagnosed by size alone.

W. Scott Butsch, MD MSc Obesity Care Advocacy Network ABC News Oprah Winfrey Oprah WinfreyDaily Cleveland Clinic MD OAC STOPObesityAlliance Ted Kyle WeightWatchers Obesity Medicine Association ASMBS ASMBSIH The Obesity Society World Obesity Fatima Cody Stanford MD MPH MPA MBA FAAP FACP FAHA Dr. Rachel Rockefeller University The Buffalo News Congratulations W. Scott Butsch, MD MSc !! We are watching and so excited to have this discussion hit prime time.

👏 to @oprah for not shying away from the controversy around pediatric #obesity

'Walk a mile in our shoes. You don't know what it's like to have obesity until you do.'

Thanks to Erika and her daughter Maggie for sharing their moving story: thecut.com/article/weight…

If you can, watch this special Right. Now.
@oprah 's guest Amy is telling the most powerful story of how anti #obesity #medicine Mounjaro has changed her life

'People are nicer, not just to me, but to my kids.'

Thanks to W. Scott Butsch, MD MSc and Amanda Velazquez, MD, DABOM for providing the expert…