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What weight neutral language do you recommend to be used for charting in patients with obesity to avoid further medical stigmatization?

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Primary Care · Albert Einstein College of Medicine

This is an interesting question which I have seen tackled in multiple ways by different providers, which I believe are all valid. There is a more common method of noting obesity as a condition rather than a characteristic of the patient. For example, "A patient with PMHx of Obesity" rather than "An ...

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