Episode 2: How Patient Voices can Impact Change

In this special live episode of Weight and Measure, recorded from the Canadian Obesity Summit in Montréal, we explore a critical question in obesity care today:

What does it actually look like when patients help shape the systems that affect their care?

Zach and Mike are joined by leaders from Obesity Canada alongside patient advocates Lisa Schaffer, Patty Nece, and Ian Patton for a conversation grounded in both lived experience and real world implementation.

Together, they discuss what meaningful inclusion means in practice, where gaps still exist across healthcare systems, and how patient voices can move beyond being heard to actually influencing care, policy, and outcomes.

This conversation sits at the intersection of research, care delivery, and lived experience, highlighting why progress in obesity care requires all three working together.

If you are a clinician, patient, or advocate interested in where obesity care is going next, this is a conversation you will not want to miss.

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