Season 8, Episode 2, Emmerline Irving on Stigma & Obesity

Send us Fan MailAs we continue the series on 'stigma', join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Emmerline Irving as we talk candidly about obesity & stigma and why blame-based stories in the media and in healthcare block recovery, dignity and effective treatment. We explore obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease shaped by biology, trauma, poverty and an obesogenic environment, naming what trauma-informed support can look like in real services.We explore: Emmeline’s lived experience of obesity and her public health work across West YorkshireWhere GLP-1 medicines such as semaglutide come from and why press coverage becomes stigmatisingWhy terms like “fat jabs” do harm and why “metabolic drugs” is more accurateThe bi-directional link between trauma and obesity and what we learn from lived experienceWhy weight management services can be re-traumatising and set people up to relapse“Food noise” and why clinicians often misread it as depression, anxiety or an eating disorderHow GP interactions show how stigma gets embedded in pathways and referralsObesity, poverty, double stigma and the commercial determinants of healthReframing obesity through both a trauma-informed lens and a clinical lensWhat personalised, essential care looks like before, during, and after treatmentYou can learn more about Emm's work here. Support the showThank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too!Learn more about Lisa here:www.lisacherry.co.ukBuy Books Here. Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry