“Weight bias is the last remaining legal form of discrimination.” Australian of the Year and body positivity advocate Taryn Brumfitt is calling for GPs to avoid discussing a patient’s weight during standard consultations.
Australian of the Year and body positivity advocate Taryn Brumfitt is calling for GPs to avoid discussing a patient’s weight during standard consultations.Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt is calling out the impacts of weight bias in healthcare settings.“Many people in larger bodies tell us they have gone to the doctor with something like a sore knee, and come out with a ‘prescription’ for a very restrictive diet, and no ongoing support,” Brumfitt said.
The study found being overweight, but not obese, did not lead to a significant increase in the risk of death for younger adults, while those aged over 65 faced no increased risk for being overweight or slightly obese. Brumfitt said GPs did not have enough training and experience to have complex conversations about food, nutrition, movement and other health behaviours, and a standard consultation wasn’t long enough to support sustainable behaviour change.“In a 15-minute appointment, there isn’t the time to go into the kind of detail required to support sustainable behaviour change,” she said.
Sharp acknowledged that GPs were increasingly pressed for time, but said the lack of early intervention was putting pressure on metabolic and eating disorder clinics. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners vice president Dr Bruce Willett said medical professionals had to acknowledge the types of implicit and explicit bias they brought into their jobs, be aware of them and move on.
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