About Eqweighty Training
At Eqweighty Training, we support health professionals and organisations to recognise and mitigate against weight discrimination in their practice through a range of training options.
Weight discrimination is the inequitable treatment of people based on their weight and body size and is widespread within many aspects of everyday life, including healthcare. Approximately 88% of ‘obese/overweight’ patients describe experiencing some form of discrimination because of their weight. Mostly this happens unconsciously but these experiences can lead to missed appointments, treatment non-adherence, healthcare avoidance and missed diagnoses. These have significant negative mental and physical health outcomes for patients alongside substantial financial costs to healthcare organisations.
We draw on 20+ years of experience of working and researching in this field to provide you with the knowledge and skills to help improve your practice and make healthcare equitable and accessible to all.
Our training products
Eqweighty Training provides evidence-based, reflective and solutions-driven training around weight discrimination which can be tailored to your individual and/or organisation's needs and priorities. We provide certificates of completion which can be used as evidence of CPD engagement
We offer: e-learning modules; synchronous workshops held online or in-person; bespoke content add-ons which we can co-develop with you; and reduced-price Trust-wide packages.
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Eqweighty Training are currently developing e-learning modules which will be available from mid-2026. Our core e-learning module, ‘Weight Discrimination in Healthcare’, is informed by the latest research and best practice in the field. It is designed to provide a broad understanding of weight discrimination in healthcare, through the use of case studies and directed activities which encourage users to reflect on their own practice and to test their acquired knowledge.
In addition to our core e-learning module, we are developing specialist e-learning modules for nurses and midwives. This will also be launched in mid-2026.
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We run two-hour workshops which can be held online or in-person. Each workshop is facilitated by a member of the Eqweighty Training team and can accommodate between 5-30 people. Our workshops are interactive with activities that support self-reflection and discussion. There are lots of opportunities to engage with case studies and lived experiences. Our workshops provide you with real world strategies to address unconscious weight discrimination that you can use right away in your own practice.
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Eqweighty Training offers bespoke workshops which tailor our training to your specific needs, priorities and budgets. Please contact us to see what we can do for you.
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Eqweighty Training offers reduced-rate packages for Trusts or groups who wish to purchase multiple training products. Please contact us for further information.