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Weight-Inclusive Care Training Changed Clinic Routines, Not Survey Scores

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MHD card showing a softly lit clinic exam room with a wide armless chair, a wall-mounted blood pressure gauge with a large cuff, and a speech bubble, illustrating a pilot study in which weight-inclusive care training changed clinic routines but not providers' survey scores.

A 1-hour weight-inclusive care training did not significantly change how 10 primary care providers rated their own weight attitudes or practices 2 weeks later. Afterward, though, providers described moving the scale, dropping routine weigh-ins and stocking larger blood pressure cuffs.1 Research Highlights No significant change in self-rated practices: between baseline (9 surveys) and 2-week follow-up …

GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs Triggered Effort-Based Stigma in 4 Studies

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MHD featured image for GLP-1 weight-loss medication stigma and effort moralization.

A 2026 Scientific Reports paper involving 1,205 participants found that people using GLP-1-style weight-loss medication were judged as less effortful, less moral, less competent, less warm, less deserving, and less attractive as cooperation partners after the same 20 kg weight loss described for a diet-and-exercise-only comparator. Research Highlights Same weight loss, harsher judgment: Tissot et …