Weight-neutral care is the new focus for healthcare providers treating patients with binge eating disorders, especially women and those with associated comorbidities like type 2 diabetes . A team of US researchers interviewed women with high body weight and binge eating disorders about their perception of healthcare services related to body weight and related stigma. The participants reported stigma related to body weight in primary healthcare services and a feeling of embarrassment, failure, and inability to lose weight.
On the contrary, participants who received treatment based on a weight-neutral model displayed fewer binge eating episodes and a lesser sense of failure and had more consistency in adhering to a weight loss program. These findings can help reduce the stigma associated with weight and improve the quality of care. In addition, a weight-neutral model-based protocol can be…
