"Weight bias is not just about believing the wrong thing about obesity," she told the BBC. "Weight bias actually has an effect on the behaviour of healthcare practitioners."
她告诉BBC说:“体重歧视不仅是对肥胖有误解,实际上还会对保健医师的行为产生影响。”
The rate of obesity has tripled over the past three decades in Canada, and now about one in four Canadians is obese according to Statistics Canada.
过去三十年间,加拿大的肥胖率上升了两倍,根据加拿大统计局的数据,现在约有四分之一的加拿大人是肥胖者。
Although the latest advice still recommends using diagnostic criteria like the body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference, it acknowledges their clinical limitations and says doctors should focus more on how weight impacts a person's health.
尽管最新指南仍建议人们采用身体质量指数和腰围来作为诊断标准,但指南承认了临床治疗的局限性,并表示医生应该更多地关注体重是如何影响一个人的健康的。
Small reductions in weight, of about 3-5%, can lead to health improvements and an obese person's "best weight" might not be their "ideal weight" according to BMI, the guideline says.
指南指出,体重微降 It emphasises that obesity is a complex, chronic condition that needs lifelong management.
指南强调,肥胖是一个需要终生管理的复杂的慢性病。
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