Weight-Inclusive Practice
Evidence-Based Information to Dismantle Weight Bias and Honor Body Size Diversity
- Speaker:
- Lisa Erlanger, MD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 07 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
Sep 18, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS151019
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
The marketing of GLP-1 medications as weight loss tools to reduce chronic disease is the latest manifestation of a longstanding belief -
That weighing more puts all of us at risk for negative health outcomes.
But what do we actually know about the relationship between weight and health? And about the health effects of weight loss? Should recommending weight loss be a routine part of clinical care?
In this session, Dr. Lisa Erlanger – clinical professor of family medicine and co-founder and president of the Association for Weight and Size Inclusive Medicine – provides scientific and ethical justification for a weight-inclusive, rather than weight-focused, approach to care. You’ll learn:
- How to reduce internalized stigma by teaching clients about the real relationship between health and weight
- Strategies to empower clients to focus on health-supporting behaviors rather than the number on the scale
- Tools and resources to align your practice with weight-inclusive principles
Credit
Speaker
Lisa Erlanger, MD Related seminars and products
University of Washington -- The Emily Program
Lisa Erlanger, MD, is a board-certified family physician whose practice focuses on primary care of larger-bodied individuals, and medical care of eating disorders and mental health concerns. As a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, she teaches courses including patient-centered care and communication, and ecology of health and medicine. She speaks nationally about weight stigma, weight inclusive primary care and eating disorders. Dr. Erlanger is a Certified Body Trust (R) Provider through Be Nourished in Portland, OR. She believes all people deserve trauma informed, gender affirming, weight inclusive health care.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Lisa Erlanger has employment relationships with the University of Washington School of Medicine and Capstone. She is a medical consultant with Coopersmith Health Law and Strategy. Dr. Erlanger receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Lisa Erlanger is the President and Founder of Association for Weight and Size Inclusive Medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the International Association for Eating Disorders, the Academy of Eating Disorders, and the Association for Size Diversity and Health.
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Objectives
- Identify the health effects of weight stigma.
- Evaluate weight and BMI as valid measures of health or targets of clinical intervention.
- Utilize a weight-inclusive framework in clinical practice.
Outline
Weight and Health
- The impact of weight bias
- Underrecognized harm of focusing on weight
- The real relationship between weight and health
- The evidence on weight loss interventions including GLP-1 medications
- Weight stigma as a driver of health outcomes
- Dismantling weight as a health metric and target
- Questions for assessing new research as it emerges
Weight-Inclusive Care in Practice
- An evidence-based, stigma-free, trauma-informed, patient-centered alternative
- Availability of clinical resources
- Changes to the clinical environment
- Phrases for specific situations
- Collaborating with weight-focused practitioners
- Opportunities for advocacy
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Physicians
- Physician Assistants
- Nurses
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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