Tune into Scale Up Your Practice, Obesity Canada’s podcast for healthcare professionals.
Hosted by Dr. Roshan Abraham and Michelle McMillan, each episode dives into practical, evidence-informed conversations about obesity care—covering topics like weight stigma, patient-centered approaches, and the connection between obesity and other health conditions.
You’ll hear expert perspectives, real-world experiences, and insights to help you provide better, more compassionate care.
Listen now and scale up your practice.
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The State of Obesity Care in Canada Report with Ian Patton & Jennifer Brown
Season 2 · Episode 15
Thursday, October 8, 2026 • Duration 44:25
What happens when healthcare professionals know what evidence-informed obesity care should look like, but the system makes that care difficult to deliver?
Ian Patton and Jennifer Brown join us on the podcast to unpack findings from The State of Obesity Care in Canada report and connect them to what clinicians and patients experience every day: limited referral pathways, uneven treatment coverage, gaps in psychological support, inconsistent access to metabolic bariatric surgery and the effects of weight bias at the system level.
In this episode
Why access to primary care does not necessarily mean access to evidence-informed obesity care
How gaps in medication coverage and psychological support affect both patients and clinical teams
Why access to metabolic bariatric surgery can look very different across Canada
How weight bias can shape the way obesity care is organized, funded and prioritized
What system barriers can look like in everyday primary care practice Pasted markdown
Practical ways healthcare professionals can use the report to support change within their own teams, organizations and communities
How clinicians can add their real-world experience to broader advocacy for better obesity care
Send a letter to your elected officials asking them to support policies that help close the gaps in evidence-informed obesity care across Canada: https://utm.guru/utelC
Learning objectives
Analyze the core system gaps identified in the State of Obesity Care in Canada report and how structural barriers—such as uneven coverage, long wait times, and fragmented referral pathways—directly impact daily clinical practice.
Evaluate how systemic weight bias and the lack of public funding for two of the three core pillars of treatment (pharmacotherapy and psychological interventions) undermine chronic disease management and burden both patients and healthcare teams.
Apply clinician advocacy tools and evidence-based frameworks to partner with patients, challenge administrative hurdles, and drive provincial and federal systems-level change.
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Disclosures
This episode script was developed using NotebookLM to synthesize complex source materials into a structured educational format. The tool was used to analyze the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs), the Obesity Canada Strategic Plan, and guest-specific research. Specific prompts were utilized to extract relevant learning objectives, map them to CanMEDS roles, and generate competency-based interview questions.
While NotebookLM assisted in drafting the narrative arc and educational framework, all content has been reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by the podcast hosts and Obesity Canada's clinical experts. This ensures the script aligns with current Clinical Practice Guidelines and authentically represents the lived experience perspective.
What patients may be thinking but not saying
Season 2 · Episode 14
Thursday, September 24, 2026 • Duration 01:00:23
🎙️This episode is sponsored by an unrestricted education grant from Eli Lilly Canada
What a patient says in an obesity care conversation may not tell the whole story.
In this episode, Dr. Roshan Abraham and Michelle McMillan explore what can sit beneath silence, hesitation or agreement, especially after past experiences with weight bias or stigma. They share practical ways clinicians can build trust, ask better questions and make follow-up feel safer.
In this episode
Why silence or hesitation may reflect mistrust, not disinterest
How past weight bias can shape the next clinical conversation
Why asking permission can help build trust
How curiosity can uncover barriers a patient is experiencing
Why agreement does not always mean a plan feels realistic
How to make follow-up feel safer when treatment does not go as expected
Why health, function and patient goals matter beyond the number on the scale
Today’s conversation is a good reminder that obesity care takes knowledge, compassion and a commitment to reducing stigma. For healthcare professionals with experience in obesity care, Obesity Canada’s Certified Bariatric Educator exam is one way to have that knowledge recognized and stand out in the field.
How patient voices can shape better obesity care with Marc Bains, Lisa Schaffer, and Ian Patton
Season 2 · Episode 13
Thursday, September 10, 2026 • Duration 47:58
🎙️This episode was made possible through the partnership between Obesity Canada and Boehringer Ingelheim in support of the Global Patient Charter Framework initiative.
Lived experience belongs at the table where care is designed.
Marc Bains, Lisa Schaffer and Ian Patton join Roshan and Michelle to talk about how the patient voice and lived experience can shape better care, stronger advocacy and more person-centred health systems. The conversation explores what obesity care can learn from HeartLife’s Patient and Caregiver Charter, and how Obesity Canada is beginning work toward a Canadian Patient Charter for Obesity.
In this episode
How lived experience can improve patient-centred obesity care
What obesity care can learn from HeartLife’s Patient and Caregiver Charter
How patient voice can shape healthcare policy, research and clinical practice
Why person-centred care starts by asking “what matters to you?”
How healthcare professionals can partner with people living with chronic disease
Why lived experience is essential to shared decision-making and better care
What Obesity Canada is building through the Canadian Patient Charter for obesity care
Apply principles of meaningful patient partnership and co-design to foster collaborative, patient-centred care and a culture of safety and quality in clinical practice.
Creating safer clinical spaces for pregnant patients with Dr. Cynthia Maxwell
Season 2 · Episode 12
Thursday, August 27, 2026 • Duration 39:55
🎙️This episode is sponsored by an unrestricted education grant from Eli Lilly Canada
Pregnancy care should feel safe, respectful and supportive for every patient. But for pregnant patients living with obesity, clinical spaces can sometimes create anxiety before care even begins, from waiting room seating and equipment that do not fit, to conversations about weight, pregnancy risk and health that can feel stigmatizing.
In this episode of Scale Up Your Practice, Dr. Cynthia Maxwell joins Dr. Roshan Abraham and Michelle McMillan to discuss how healthcare professionals can create safer, more equitable pregnancy care for patients living with obesity. She shares practical strategies to reduce weight bias in maternal care, communicate pregnancy risks without blame, ask permission around weighing, and build healthcare environments where patients feel physically and psychologically safe.
In this episode
How to create safer pregnancy care for patients living with obesity
Why respectful maternal care starts with language, trust and psychological safety
How to talk about pregnancy risks, weight and health without blame or shame
Why asking permission before weighing patients can help reduce weight bias
How clinic design, equipment sizing and digital tools can affect patient safety
Why inclusive, stigma-free care benefits patients, families and healthcare teams
How healthcare professionals can build more welcoming clinical spaces across the full patient journey
Chapter: Weight management over the reproductive years for adult women with obesity:
Metabolic Bariatric Surgery, Stigma, and its Role in Obesity Care with Dr. Boris Zevin
Season 2 · Episode 11
Thursday, August 13, 2026 • Duration 48:39
🎙️This episode is sponsored by an unrestricted education grant from Eli Lilly Canada
Metabolic bariatric surgery is often misunderstood as a last resort, or dismissed as “the easy way out.” In this episode, Dr. Boris Zevin joins Dr. Roshan Abraham and Michelle McMillan to discuss where surgery fits in obesity care, how it affects the biology of obesity, and how clinicians can talk about it with less stigma and more clarity.
In this episode
Where metabolic bariatric surgery fits in obesity care
Why surgery is more than “weight loss surgery”
How surgery can affect hormones, metabolism and diabetes control
Why timing and shared decision-making matter
How stigma can shape a patient’s willingness to consider surgery
What long-term follow-up can look like after surgery
How to talk about weight recurrence with patients without blame
Additional resources
Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines
Free course: A Comprehensive Overview of Bariatric Surgery for Obesity Management: https://utm.guru/uscN3
Calibre: Practical Clinical Strategies for Obesity Management
If this episode leaves you thinking about how to strengthen your own approach to obesity care, Obesity Canada’s Calibre course is designed to help.
How GLP-1s are Changing Nutrition Conversations with Dr. Michelle Cardel
Season 2 · Episode 10
Thursday, July 16, 2026 • Duration 35:17
🎙️This episode is sponsored by an unrestricted education grant from Eli Lilly Canada
Obesity treatments are creating new opportunities for nutrition support that focuses on meeting nutritional needs rather than simply eating less.
Dr. Michelle Cardel joins us on the podcast to explain how GLP-1 medications are changing nutrition conversations in obesity care, and why the focus must shift from eating less to helping patients stay nourished, supporting their health and healing their relationship with food.
In this episode
How GLP-1 medications can change appetite, food noise and nutritional needs
Why nutritional adequacy matters during obesity treatment
What clinicians should consider when discussing protein, fibre, hydration and eating patterns
How weight bias can shape nutrition advice and patient experiences
Why obesity is not a nutrition knowledge gap
How to make nutrition conversations more individualized, respectful and collaborative
Screening for Complications Related to Obesity with Dr. James Kim
Season 2 · Episode 9
Thursday, July 2, 2026 • Duration 41:25
🎙️This episode is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada
What happens when a symptom is explained away too quickly?
For people living with obesity, concerns like fatigue, shortness of breath, poor sleep, or pain are too often viewed through the lens of weight first. That can delay the right questions, the right tests, and the right care.
In this episode, Dr. James Kim joins the podcast for a practical conversation about screening for obesity-related complications without letting weight bias narrow the clinical picture. We explore how healthcare professionals can recognize diagnostic overshadowing, build more consistent screening workflows, and make care safer, more respectful, and more evidence-based for people living with obesity.
In this episode
Why diagnostic overshadowing can lead to missed or delayed diagnoses for people living with obesity
How to build practical screening workflows for obesity complications in primary care
What clinicians should know about MASLD, sleep apnea, insomnia, and cardiometabolic risk
How equipment and testing limitations can affect the reliability of screening results
How to talk about obesity complications without blame, shame, or stigma
Using EOSS and the 5As to Assess Obesity with Dr. Denise Campbell-Scherer
Season 2 · Episode 8
Thursday, June 18, 2026 • Duration 51:19
🎙️This episode is sponsored by an unrestricted education grant from Eli Lilly Canada.
When obesity assessment starts and ends with BMI, important parts of the patient story can disappear.
In this episode, Dr. Roshan Abraham and Michelle McMillan speak with Dr. Denise Campbell-Scherer about what it takes to assess obesity with more clarity, more context, and more respect for the person seeking care using the Edmonton Obesity Staging System and the 5A’s Framework.
In this episode
Why BMI can be part of the clinical assessment, but should never stand in for the whole person
How the Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) helps clinicians understand clinical severity, not just body size
What the 4Ms can reveal about mental, mechanical, metabolic, and monetary drivers of obesity
How a patient’s story can uncover barriers that a checklist may miss
Why strength-based counselling can change the experience of care for both patients and clinicians
How the 5As Team Tools can make obesity assessment more practical in primary care
What it sounds like to speak with patients about weight concerns without blame, assumptions, or shame
Starting with the basics: Common obesity cases in practice with Drs. Rishi Handa & Taniya Nagpal
Season 2 · Episode 7
Thursday, June 4, 2026 • Duration 57:05
This special live episode of Scale Up Your Practice was recorded at the 2026 Canadian Obesity Summit in Montreal this past March.
Dr. Roshan Abraham is joined by guest host Dr. Taniya Nagpal and special guest Dr. Rishi Handa for a case-based conversation about what obesity care can look like when healthcare professionals move beyond standardized answers and build care around the person in front of them.
Through three common clinical cases, the episode explores how culture, patient goals, medication side effects, language used in referrals, weight bias, and clinical humility can shape the care experience. The conversation also asks a deeper question: what happens when standard practice stops being helpful and starts becoming a barrier?
In this episode
- Why evidence-based obesity assessment must look beyond standard BMI cut-offs, especially when caring for diverse populations
- How weight bias and anticipatory stigma can shape clinical encounters before the appointment even begins
- What healthcare professionals can include in referrals to make obesity care more specific, respectful, and collaborative
- Why patient goals, function, culture, heritage, and lived experience need to be part of the care plan
- How interprofessional care can support people starting obesity pharmacotherapy, including side effect management and nutrition support
- Why culturally safe care means asking better questions instead of relying on one-size-fits-all advice
Obesity Assessment Beyond BMI: The 4Ms Framework with Dr. Kristin Terenzi
Season 2 · Episode 6
Thursday, May 21, 2026 • Duration 37:57
🎙️This episode is sponsored by an unrestricted education grant from Eli Lilly Canada
What happens when obesity assessment stops at BMI?
In this episode of Scale Up Your Practice, we speak with Dr. Kristin Terenzi, family physician based in Ontario, about what it really means to assess obesity well in primary care.
Drawing on both clinical experience and lived experience, Dr. Terenzi discusses how the 4Ms framework can help clinicians move beyond weight alone to better understand the mental, mechanical, metabolic, and social factors affecting a person’s health.
The conversation explores how stigma and self-blame can shape the care experience, why trust matters, and how thoughtful, realistic assessment can open the door to care that feels more supportive, more practical, and more effective over time.
In this episode
Why obesity assessment needs to go beyond BMI to explore the mental, mechanical, metabolic, and social factors shaping a person’s health.
How the 4Ms framework can help clinicians uncover root causes, understand barriers, and build more realistic care plans.
What internalized weight bias and self-blame can sound like in practice, and how clinicians can respond in ways that build trust and reduce shame.
Why follow-up, shared decision-making, and focusing on function rather than weight can help patients stay engaged in long-term care.
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Disclosures
This episode script was developed using NotebookLM to synthesize complex source materials into a structured educational format. The tool was used to analyze the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs), the Obesity Canada Strategic Plan, and guest-specific research. Specific prompts were utilized to extract relevant learning objectives, map them to CanMEDS roles, and generate competency-based interview questions.
While NotebookLM assisted in drafting the narrative arc and educational framework, all content has been reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by the podcast hosts and Obesity Canada's clinical experts. This ensures the script aligns with current Clinical Practice Guidelines and authentically represents the lived experience perspective.
Analyze the role of patient partnership and multidisciplinary collaboration in improving access to evidence-based obesity care and reducing health inequities.
Evaluate opportunities to integrate lived experience into clinical practice, quality improvement initiatives, and healthcare system design to improve patient outcomes.
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Disclosures
This episode script was developed using NotebookLM to synthesize complex source materials into a structured educational format. The tool was used to analyze the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs), the Obesity Canada Strategic Plan, and guest-specific research. Specific prompts were utilized to extract relevant learning objectives, map them to CanMEDS roles, and generate competency-based interview questions.
While NotebookLM assisted in drafting the narrative arc and educational framework, all content has been reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by the podcast hosts and Obesity Canada's clinical experts. This ensures the script aligns with current Clinical Practice Guidelines and authentically represents the lived experience perspective.
Pregnancy Obesity Medicine Surgery (POMS) Fellowship Program with Dr. Maxwell: https://utm.guru/ussji
Become a Certified Bariatric Educator
Today’s conversation is a good reminder that obesity care takes knowledge, compassion and a commitment to reducing stigma. For healthcare professionals with experience in obesity care, Obesity Canada’s Certified Bariatric Educator exam is one way to have that knowledge recognized and stand out in the field.
The next CBE exam takes place on November 28, and applications must be submitted by November 2 to be eligible to write.
Apply patient-centered, people-first language to collaboratively communicate potential pregnancy risk factors and monitor health metrics, ensuring the patient does not feel blamed or stigmatized.
Analyze the clinical environment—from waiting room seating to the sizing of medical equipment like blood pressure cuffs, speculums, and ultrasound limitations—to identify and resolve physical barriers that compromise patient safety and comfort.
Evaluate how systemic weight bias and scale aversion negatively impact maternal healthcare, and implement compassionate strategies to foster a more inclusive, welcoming hospital and clinic experience for expectant mothers.
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Disclosures
This episode script was developed using NotebookLM to synthesize complex source materials into a structured educational format. The tool was used to analyze the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs), the Obesity Canada Strategic Plan, and guest-specific research. Specific prompts were utilized to extract relevant learning objectives, map them to CanMEDS roles, and generate competency-based interview questions.
While NotebookLM assisted in drafting the narrative arc and educational framework, all content has been reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by the podcast hosts and Obesity Canada's clinical experts. This ensures the script aligns with current Clinical Practice Guidelines and authentically represents the lived experience perspective.
Calibre is an accredited course for healthcare professionals who want practical, evidence-based tools they can apply in real clinical settings. The course combines self-paced learning with live, interactive sessions, helping learners build confidence in obesity assessment, treatment, communication, and patient-centred care.
The next cohort runs September 3 through October .
Apply evidence-based criteria to collaborate with patients in assessing the role of metabolic and bariatric surgery within a comprehensive obesity management plan
Analyze the physiological and hormonal changes following metabolic surgery to better manage long-term patient outcomes and establish realistic clinical expectations.
Evaluate how the stigma framing surgery as the "easy way out" creates systemic barriers to care, and implement communication strategies to dismantle this internalized bias during shared decision-making.
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Disclosures
This episode script was developed using NotebookLM to synthesize complex source materials into a structured educational format. The tool was used to analyze the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs), the Obesity Canada Strategic Plan, and guest-specific research. Specific prompts were utilized to extract relevant learning objectives, map them to CanMEDS roles, and generate competency-based interview questions.
While NotebookLM assisted in drafting the narrative arc and educational framework, all content has been reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by the podcast hosts and Obesity Canada's clinical experts. This ensures the script aligns with current Clinical Practice Guidelines and authentically represents the lived experience perspective.
Calibre: Practical Clinical Strategies for Obesity Management
If this episode leaves you thinking about how to strengthen your own approach to obesity care, Obesity Canada’s Calibre course is designed to help.
Calibre is an accredited course for healthcare professionals who want practical, evidence-based tools they can apply in real clinical settings. The course combines self-paced learning with live, interactive sessions, helping learners build confidence in obesity assessment, treatment, communication, and patient-centred care.
The next cohort runs September 3 through October .
Apply patient-centered communication to co-construct individualized medical nutrition therapy plans that respect a patient's lived experience and biological realities.
Analyze the role of medical nutrition therapy when combined with obesity medications, focusing on strategies to ensure nutritional adequacy and preserve lean muscle mass.
Evaluate how the traditional nutrition narrative perpetuates systemic weight bias, and implement strengths-based strategies to dismantle this stigma in dietary counseling.
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Disclosures
This episode script was developed using NotebookLM to synthesize complex source materials into a structured educational format. The tool was used to analyze the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs), the Obesity Canada Strategic Plan, and guest-specific research. Specific prompts were utilized to extract relevant learning objectives, map them to CanMEDS roles, and generate competency-based interview questions.
While NotebookLM assisted in drafting the narrative arc and educational framework, all content has been reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by the podcast hosts and Obesity Canada's clinical experts. This ensures the script aligns with current Clinical Practice Guidelines and authentically represents the lived experience perspective.
Calibre: Practical Clinical Strategies for Obesity Management
If this episode leaves you thinking about how to strengthen your own approach to obesity care, Obesity Canada’s Calibre course is designed to help.
Calibre is an accredited course for healthcare professionals who want practical, evidence-based tools they can apply in real clinical settings. The course combines self-paced learning with live, interactive sessions, helping learners build confidence in obesity assessment, treatment, communication, and patient-centred care.
The next cohort runs September 3 through October 7 .
Apply evidence-based resources from the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines to select and interpret appropriate screening tests for obesity-related complications.
Analyze cardiovascular, metabolic, and mechanical diagnostic results to address knowledge gaps and guide individualized obesity management.
Evaluate how diagnostic overshadowing and systemic weight bias lead to under-screening or the misinterpretation of symptoms in patients living with obesity.
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Disclosures
This episode script was developed using NotebookLM to synthesize complex source materials into a structured educational format. The tool was used to analyze the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs), the Obesity Canada Strategic Plan, and guest-specific research. Specific prompts were utilized to extract relevant learning objectives, map them to CanMEDS roles, and generate competency-based interview questions.
While NotebookLM assisted in drafting the narrative arc and educational framework, all content has been reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by the podcast hosts and Obesity Canada's clinical experts. This ensures the script aligns with current Clinical Practice Guidelines and authentically represents the lived experience perspective.
Calibre: Practical Clinical Strategies for Obesity Management
If this episode leaves you thinking about how to strengthen your own approach to obesity care, Obesity Canada’s Calibre course is designed to help.
Calibre is an accredited course for healthcare professionals who want practical, evidence-based tools they can apply in real clinical settings. The course combines self-paced learning with live, interactive sessions, helping learners build confidence in obesity assessment, treatment, communication, and patient-centred care.
The next cohort runs September 3 through October 7.
Apply the Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) to determine the clinical severity of obesity and prioritize individualized management strategies.
Analyze the mental, mechanical, metabolic, and monetary (4Ms) drivers of a patient's obesity to move beyond BMI-centric assessments.
Evaluate how utilizing the EOSS framework reduces systemic weight bias by shifting clinical focus from weight loss to meaningful health outcomes and functional stewardship.
Apply a patient-centered approach to establish values-based goals and assess obesity classification (BMI/waist circumference), while respecting patient readiness and comfort during the initial clinical encounter.
Analyze the mental, mechanical, metabolic, and monetary (4Ms) framework to comprehensively evaluate adiposity-related complications and root causes of weight gain.
Evaluate disease severity using the Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) to prioritize patient-centered management for patients living with obesity
Have a topic you’d like us to cover?
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Disclosures:
This episode script was developed using NotebookLM to synthesize complex source materials into a structured educational format. The tool was used to analyze the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs), the Obesity Canada Strategic Plan, and guest-specific research. Specific prompts were utilized to extract relevant learning objectives, map them to CanMEDS roles, and generate competency-based interview questions.
While NotebookLM assisted in drafting the narrative arc and educational framework, all content has been reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by the podcast hosts and Obesity Canada's clinical experts. This ensures the script aligns with current Clinical Practice Guidelines and authentically represents the lived experience perspective.
Free course: Words Matter: The Consequences of Weight Bias & Stigmatizing Language: https://utm.guru/up0gB
Weight bias and stigma research from Dr. Nagpal
- Widespread misconceptions about pregnancy for women living with obesity https://utm.guru/up0gG
- Women’s Suggestions for How to Reduce Weight Stigma in Prenatal Clinical Settings: https://utm.guru/up0gH
Calibre: Practical Clinical Strategies for Obesity Management
If this episode leaves you thinking about how to strengthen your own approach to obesity care, Obesity Canada’s Calibre course is designed to help.
Calibre is an accredited course for healthcare professionals who want practical, evidence-based tools they can apply in real clinical settings. The course combines self-paced learning with live, interactive sessions, helping learners build confidence in obesity assessment, treatment, communication, and patient-centred care.
The next cohort runs September 3 through October 7.
Apply evidence-based obesity assessment principles to common patient presentations in clinical practice (Medical Expert).
Develop an individualized, guideline-informed obesity management plan using case-based scenarios, incorporating behavioural, surgical, pharmacological, and referral-based interventions as appropriate (Medical Expert, Leader).
Identify and address common clinical barriers in order to support patient-centred, collaborative obesity care (Communicator, Collaborator, Professional).
Disclosures
This episode script was developed using NotebookLM to synthesize complex source materials into a structured educational format. The tool was used to analyze the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs), the Obesity Canada Strategic Plan, and guest-specific research. Specific prompts were utilized to extract relevant learning objectives, map them to CanMEDS roles, and generate competency-based interview questions.
While NotebookLM assisted in drafting the narrative arc and educational framework, all content has been reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by the podcast hosts and Obesity Canada's clinical experts. This ensures the script aligns with current Clinical Practice Guidelines and authentically represents the lived experience perspective.
Apply the 4Ms framework (Mental, Mechanical, Metabolic, Monetary/Milieu) to obtain a comprehensive, obesity-focused patient history that identifies the root causes of weight gain.
Analyze the biological and psychosocial drivers of obesity—including life transitions like menopause and mechanical barriers like osteoarthritis—to co-construct individualized, evidence-based management plans.
Evaluate how systemic weight bias and internalized shame prevent patients from seeking care, and implement stigma-free communication to build therapeutic trust.
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Disclosures
This episode script was developed using NotebookLM to synthesize complex source materials into a structured educational format. The tool was used to analyze the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs), the Obesity Canada Strategic Plan, and guest-specific research. Specific prompts were utilized to extract relevant learning objectives, map them to CanMEDS roles, and generate competency-based interview questions.
While NotebookLM assisted in drafting the narrative arc and educational framework, all content has been reviewed, fact-checked, and refined by the podcast hosts and Obesity Canada's clinical experts. This ensures the script aligns with current Clinical Practice Guidelines and authentically represents the lived experience perspective.
