✨ Vicki Mooney ✨
@CurvyVickiM
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✨ Executive Director ECPO✨Author✨Passion For Family, Love, Life & Laughter✨ One in 7.8Billion☘️
Lanzarote, Spain
Joined June 2012
🔥💙 RARE, BUT UNSTOPPABLE! 💙🔥 ELPA President Marko Korenjak This #RareDisease Day, we stand shoulder to shoulder with the fearless warriors fighting #RareLiverDisease #RareDisease! These battles may be rare, but our determination, passion, and fight for change are stronger
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In case you missed this excellent thread from @MichaelMindrum #obesity is a chronic disease, NOT a behaviour
🔥 Obesity is not a behavior. Let that sink in. It’s not about eating too much, exercising too little, or lacking willpower. It’s a chronic, complex condition driven by biology, environment, and genetics—not simple “choices.” Let me explain. 1/10
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Great patient guide on #MASLD #MASH from @FattyLiverA
@LiverSaver @ECPObesity
@EASLnews
@EuropeLiver
https://t.co/oSCWMmlz0M
fattyliver.ca
A Patient's Guide
Living with MASLD or MASH can be challenging, especially when symptoms like fatigue, pain, or itching disrupt daily life. In our recent video chat with Dr. @MeenaBBansal, we explored practical strategies to recognize and manage these symptoms effectively. Watch the discussion
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We’re sharing an important survey exploring thoughts and attitudes about obesity communication. 📋 What’s it about? This survey seeks to understand the challenges individuals and groups face with how obesity is communicated to different audiences. The insights gathered will help
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An EASO publication in @NatureMedicine proposes a framework for diagnosing, staging & managing adult obesity. Prof. @busetto_luca highlights the need for comprehensive clinical evaluations beyond BMI. https://t.co/cRO0JG2f1b
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Treating obesity can improve health outcomes including MASLD. @DrPietilainen shares evidence-based strategies you can use to support patients living with obesity and MASLD. Join our new 5-minute continuing Professional Development Programme 👇 https://t.co/9vzWHgHPzM
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🌍 A New Approach to Obesity: Moving Beyond BMI The Lancet Commission has called for a groundbreaking shift in diagnosing obesity! While BMI has been useful for population estimates, it’s no longer enough for clinical diagnosis. 🚨 What’s new? BMI will now be combined with
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Following the publication in @TheLancetEndo of the Lancet Commission report today emphasising “clinical obesity,” read this balanced piece in @Medscape by @MiriamETucker with commentary from @busetto_luca @GijsGoossens @baur_louise @FRubinoMD
https://t.co/tBBdA420Kp
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Really inspiring session on personalising obesity care to reduce the burden of comorbidities, a topic that I focused on in my PhD work as well✨📊👩💻 #OW2024
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At @ObesityWeek in San Antonio, we shared key findings from the Ideal Patient Survey, driven by many OAC Members' voices. The study highlights how bias-free, personalized care and a welcoming environment are crucial for patients in primary care settings. #OW2024
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Struggling with weight-related guilt and shame? You’re not alone. 💙💚 Internalized weight bias affects many. OAC Community Member and health coach Andrea M. shares the power of self-love and #forgiveness. Check out her story! https://t.co/KgOYkZOlKF
#MemberMonday
obesityaction.org
OAC Community Member Andrea Matthes gives thoughtful advice on how to change your mindset, forgive yourself and move forward.
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At #OW2024 Sanjeev Sockalingam, @ObesityCan’s Scientific Director, who is a psychiatrist says “…we should not repeat in obesity the same mistakes we made in psychiatry”.
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📢 Bringing the lived experience to #OW2024 has been a tremendous success! The powerful image banks showcasing people living with obesity have created as much impact here as they did at the European Congress on Obesity. Our very own Vicki Mooney, Susie Birney, and ECPO board
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At #OW2024 in San Antonio, smart people are looking past barriers to #ObesityCare at #scale and finding ways to get the care to people who need it. Impressive. HT: @SarahRoMD @laurenbroff
https://t.co/HCi2V65GQA
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Joint Symposium -Whats in a name? Controversy surrounding what to call obesity medications? This morning on the last day at Obesity Week #OW2024
@CurvyVickiM "have you asked your patients what words they want to use? The word "anti" is defined as "against" and we have been
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At #UKCO2024 Laurence Dobbie presenting now on the "Delphi Consensus on Safe Practice for bariatric & Metabolic surgery tourism" @IfsoSecretariat
@EASOobesity
#AddressingObesityTogether
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Each year at @UK_ASO there is the option to come and speak 1:1 with those here representing the lived experience. This year we saw a record amount of people come and speak to Ken, Vicki, Jimmy, Sarah, Nadya, Jenny and myself. We spoke to 17 individual delegates in less than an
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