The National Consumers League and National Council on Aging worked with health leaders and obesity specialists to establish a set of rights so people with obesity will be screened, diagnosed, counseled and effectively treated for their overweight and obesity based on medical treatment guidelines. During the Momentum Discussion Podcast episode, leaders from these two organizations discuss the impetus for and development of the Obesity Bill of Rights and discuss each of the eight rights included in it. They share what is next for their organizations around the Bill of Rights and share how others can join the movement to help ensure person-centered quality obesity care for adults living with the chronic disease of obesity. Download the transcript Guests: Dorothea K. Vafiadis, MS Senior Director, Center for Healthy Aging Nancy Glick Director of Food and Nutrition Policy National Consumers League
Host: Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE Director of Strategic Alliances Gerontological Society of America
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