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Pediatric Healthcare Proivders

Considering Our Professional Duty:

As healthcare providers, we all have an impact on the patients we treat. 

It is our duty to ensure those experiences are helpful and not harmful. 

Learn more from an expert in Adolescent Medicine:

Expert Corner:  Adolescent Medicine Specialist

Meet adolescent medicine specialist & physician, Sari Benstianov, MD.  

Adolescent Medicine specialists are physicians with specialized training in caring for teens and young adults, focusing on physical health, mental well-being, and social development during adolescence.

Press Play to hear about Dr. Bentisanov's work with adolescents as a Specialty Pediatrician.

Press Play to hear Dr. Bentisanov's recommendations for collaborating with patients effectively.

Expert Corner: Collaboration

Research shows that people with obesity are less likely to receive adequate healthcare.

Also, healthcare professionals often find it difficult to broach the topic of weight with patients.

These conversations can leave patients feeling judged, shamed, and misunderstood. 
So, it is crucial that healthcare providers are well-equipped to engage in supportive, respectful conversations with patients and to provide a welcoming environment.

Expert Corner:  Common Challenges

For Black female adolescents, challenges can arise when Healthcare providers focus narrowly on lowering BMI or the scale, or see individuals with obesity as a "problem," or when adolescents are negatively influenced by social media and societal pressures to be thin. 

 

Press Play to hear Dr. Bentisanov discuss the current challenges that adolescents face in receiving weight-related healthcare.

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