Celebrating Canadian Excellence: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Mak
Scale Up Your Practice by Obesity CanadaShow Notes
🎙️ This episode is sponsored. Obesity Canada received an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada to produce this episode. 🎙️
Psychiatrist and sleep medicine specialist Dr. Michael Mak joins us to explore one of the most overlooked intersections: sleep, mental health, and metabolic health.
Sleep plays a foundational role in both physical and mental health—but it’s often sidelined in conversations about obesity care. That gap can have real consequences, from missed diagnoses to misinformed assumptions.
In this episode, we dive into how sleep and mental health are connected to obesity, where bias shows up in surprising ways, and what opportunities exist to build more integrated, stigma-free care.
In this episode: How poor sleep impacts mood, weight regulation, and metabolic health
Why sleep disorders are underdiagnosed—and what that means for patients with obesity
Common misconceptions about the relationship between sleep, mental health, and weight
Where bias and stigma show up in sleep and obesity care
What clinicians can do to better recognize and address sleep in obesity management
Resources mentioned: Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines: https://utm.guru/uiC8f
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH): https://utm.guru/uiC8g
Obesity Canada's Weight Bias Resources: https://utm.guru/uiC8i
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