Lack of access to obesity care is contributing to health inequalities for people living
with obesity [
[1]
,
[2]
]. Public health systems have not established obesity care paths and there is insufficient
funding for obesity prevention and treatment services. A profound lack of obesity
knowledge, skills and competencies among healthcare professionals, lack of empowerment-based
patient care, and deeply ingrained weight bias and stigma in our society contribute
to obesity care gaps [
[3]
]. Achieving health equity for people living with obesity will require comprehensive
interventions at individual, sociocultural, and policy levels [
[4]
].To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: July 02, 2021
Accepted:
June 7,
2021
Received:
June 4,
2021
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