Medical Xpress August 25, 2025
Navigating health care can be challenging under any circumstances, and systemic barriers can make the experience even more difficult for some groups. Weight-related stigma and inequities in health care can create barriers and negatively influence the experiences of people in larger bodies or living with obesity when visiting primary care physicians. These negative experiences can often lead to health care avoidance.
Researchers from Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions worked with people who have obesity to redesign what an “ideal” primary care visit could look like and validate their ideal visit concept among a sample of adults with obesity. The results were recently published in Patient Education and Counseling.
In the first phase of the study, the Obesity...
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