Leading with Science When Supporting Lifestyle Change in Patients Taking Obesity Medications

An interview with Dr. Renee Rogers and Dr. Michael Hosking.If you don't know the answer to something, it's okay to say you don't know the answer to something and that you'll look into it. And I think that's a really important space for building trust with your patients.Dr. Renee RogersI would say to the boots on the ground fitness professional, if they could learn to shed their pre-existing biases and their thinking about why people exercise, why someone might be coming to the gym, and especially why a person in a larger body, a person who might be obese might be coming to the gym, if they can learn to understand that fitness is a culture with certain shared beliefs, practices, recognize what those are, and learn to see the patient, the person coming in as as a whole human being…Dr. Michael HoskingConvening a group of experts for obesity medications in fitness  The role of lifestyle with the use of obesity medications              Guiding the health & fitness industry into a new eraBuilding trusted, collaborative comprehensive care networksPutting the patient with obesity firstBuilding trust with providers and patientsRecognizing the importance of lifestyle changeLeading with scienceHealth benefits of exercise independent of weight lossAddressing weight bias and stigma in the health & fitness sectorCalls to action to health & fitness professionalshttps://www.movetolivemore.com/https://www.movetolivemore.com/bookhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/move-to-live-more@MovetoLiveMore https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40340522/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40340523/