Is it okay to talk about your weight

HIV in Focus

Is it okay to talk about your weight now?

Recorded: August 5th 2022

Duration: 26 mins

Professor Donal O'Shea and Dr Ana Milinkovic take Dr Naomi Sutton deeper into the little understood world of metabolic syndrome, providing insight into the complex factors that can give rise to weight gain along an individual's life course. For people living with HIV, starting or switching medication may lead to unexpected and dramatic changes in body composition.

In this episode, Professor O'Shea and Dr Milinkovic walk listeners through tried-and-tested ways to broach weight gain empathetically and non-judgementally with patients; the value of self-compassion in behaviour change; screening for metabolic syndrome; interventions for both the prevention and treatment of obesity; and the importance of lifestyle intervention in an obesogenic world

"Body weight is not a choice for the majority of people.And just explaining that we understand it better and that their body weight is not their choice opens them up to a different way of thinking"

Guest Speakers

Professor O’Shea

Professor O'Shea is a Consultant Endocrinologist, Professor of Medicine at University College Dublin and the HSE's National Clinical Lead for Obesity Management. You can find his research group on Twitter @OSheaHoganLab

Dr Milinkovic

Dr Milinkovic is an HIV Physician and Clinical Trial Lead at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. She also established and runs the hospital's HIV Metabolic Outpatient Service and Live Well Pathway Clinic for people living with HIV and complex body composition.

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