| When: Friday, 11/5/2021, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
| Credits: 1 CME_Physicians Credit |
| Credits: 1 CME_OtherProfessions Credit |
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Description: Despite increased attention to the harms of weight bias, stigma, and discrimination, there remains a pressing need for real-world interventions to address these societal problems. This key lecture will explain the rationale for using policy to prevent and reduce stigma from the top-down and will describe the latest initiatives to address weight stigma in employment, education, and health care. The lecture will discuss next steps needed to promote institutional change, including how each individual can do their part to combat this form of injustice.
This session was jointly produced by The Obesity Society (TOS) and Obesity Action Coalition (OAC).
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| Delivery Mechanism: Broadcast |
| Keyword: Environment: Social Environment; Policy: Legal Issues; Policy: Stigma/Weight Bias |
Track: Sub-track: Diversity & Health Inequities; Track 6: Policy/Public Health
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Speakers:
 | Patty Nece, JD | Session Chair | |  | S. Bryn Austin, ScD | Taking Action Against Weight Stigma: Recent Policy Initiatives and Next Steps | 12:30 pm - 1:10 pm | | Patty Nece, JD | Moderate Q&A | 1:10 pm - 1:30 pm | | S. Bryn Austin, ScD | Q&A | 1:10 pm - 1:30 pm |
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| Learning Objective: Apply lessons learned about the impact of: nutrition and obesity initiatives to reduce health disparities, and federal nutrition and obesity policies on health disparities. |
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