How To Discuss Weight Management With The Person In Front Of You with Ben Steele-Turner

Many clinicians find discussing weight with the person infront of them daunting, and yet weight can have a significant impact on multiple conditions and outcomes. How do we raise the subject without offending them?What should we say (or not say)?In this episode Ben is joined by Ben Steele-Turner, Physiotherapist with an Msc in Human Nutrition and ongoing with a PhD into how Physiotherapists can better support weight management in people with osteoarthritis.In this episode they cover:(00:00:00) - Intro(00:02:26) - How do we raise the subject of weight management when patients don’t initiate it?(00:09:51) - Are there certain terms we should avoid when discussing weight management?(00:18:44) – Should we ask them about what foods they eat?(00:28:50) - How to respond when someone claims to be eating healthy but they are living with overweight?(00:36:39) - What to say when they ask “can’t I just have the weight loss injection?”(00:42:51) - How has Rory Sutherland influenced your practice & PhD?(00:45:36) - Lessons from Uber That We Can Apply To Healthcare(00:53:56) - The Doorman Fallacy & Cost Cutting(01:12:29) - Ben’s hardest conversation(01:17:31) – When Weight Management For Knee OA Goes RightThe study mentioned: Commitments, norms and custard creams – a social influence approach to reducing did not attends (DNAs): Martin, Bassi & Dunbar-Rees (2012).https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3308641/ You can find Ben Steele-Turner on Instagram & LinkedIn: @physiutrition You can find host Ben Whybrow across social media: @BWhybrowPhysioGot questions, stories or suggestions? – Send them in to [email protected] finally, please do Share & Subscribe.