Medicine's Courtney Batt emphasizes patient-centered obesity care

Patient-centered approaches in obesity case management

Medscape: Courtney Batt, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, stressed that obesity care should be patient-centered and collaborative, involving families and focusing on small, achievable goals in areas patients can control—nutrition, activity and sleep—despite genetics and environment. She framed obesity as a chronic condition requiring supportive, nonjudgmental management and incremental behavior change.