Transcript of conference held at Jan 23, 2026 in room first_test@conference.miaiconvo.com Initial people present at 8:04:32 PM: Suga Saravanan - Doctor Maram Abuhaidar- patient Alex Johnston Transcript, started at 8:04:32 PM: ________________________________________________________________________________ <8:04:32 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient joined the conference <8:04:32 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor joined the conference <8:04:32 PM> Alex Johnston joined the conference <8:04:32 PM> Alex Johnston: okay you can start whenever <8:04:32 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: hi how are things going today <8:04:35 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: here okay <8:04:38 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: okay <8:04:38 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: hello um <8:04:39 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: something <8:04:42 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: a not great <8:04:45 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: what's been going on <8:04:45 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: um I just <8:04:50 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: I I'm very self-conscious about you know my way and <8:04:59 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: going out in front of my friends and just you know staying at home and wanting to just eat snacks <8:05:06 PM> Alex Johnston: um so <8:05:08 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: am I the patient or the mother oh my God <8:05:11 PM> Alex Johnston: mom <8:05:12 PM> Alex Johnston: yeah <8:05:13 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: the mother RI okay <8:05:16 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: so all right so just one second hold on so the mother has a problem with the sun and I'm coming to her <8:05:22 PM> Alex Johnston: know so you're it's a p it's like a follow-up appointment and the the parents' son is in the 95 percentile for weight all he wants to do is snack doesn't like any of the healthy alternatives that you're offering and if you do offer those he kind of throws a temper tantrum until he gets snacks <8:05:26 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: oh yeah but is the mom here alone that's what I mean like is this about the mom complaining about her son or is the sun with her <8:05:45 PM> Alex Johnston: um and then <8:05:47 PM> Alex Johnston: so no see the sons with her but <8:05:53 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: okay <8:05:56 PM> Alex Johnston: the the parent doesn't <8:05:57 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: okay <8:05:59 PM> Alex Johnston: it's the parent it's been trying to get the kid to eat healthier but again he's refusing and he's like being difficult does that make sense <8:06:07 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: yeah yeah I get it now okay sorry all right um alright so let's start over not great so just kind of having some trouble at home with my son and just changing some behaviors <8:06:10 PM> Alex Johnston: here <8:06:17 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: could you tell me a little bit more about that <8:06:25 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: to <8:06:25 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: yeah so um you know if he just throws tantrums if I don't give him the snacks that he wants and you know I've tried to <8:06:31 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: it sounds like you're really frustrated I'm sorry to hear that are there certain things that you've tried that <8:06:37 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: try healthier options with him but he you know it's just it's not working and I'm just having a lot of trouble with it I don't really know what to do and yeah <8:06:50 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: it so um yeah I've tried <8:06:50 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: I've <8:06:58 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: worked <8:07:03 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: have you followed with <8:07:04 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: try to offer him different things I just you know everything is just no no no for him I don't know where to go from here I also don't want to keep you know upsetting him at this age and and stuff so I <8:07:22 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: I don't I don't really know what to do <8:07:24 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: but <8:07:24 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: no actually I haven't thought about that I just thought you know this is also maybe just something that children has age do or go through so <8:07:28 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: dietitian or some sort of nutritional Services before <8:07:33 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: what is concerning you the most <8:07:43 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: is starting to concern me because you know he's my kid and I care about him so yeah <8:07:49 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: I think just being unhealthy with this this way and potentially causing him health problems down the road I don't want to see him get to that point I also know that it bothers him to go out and and be around other kids so maybe also worrying about his health but like maybe fixing that would help that problem to I just <8:07:55 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: where do you think your child would benefit the most like with changing is there any change that you feel that your child would benefit from the most <8:08:19 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: don't know I don't know if I should even do anything I don't know how to go about it I'm I don't know <8:08:23 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: um <8:08:35 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: what are some of the barriers to that right now <8:08:36 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: so um I think <8:08:41 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: changing <8:08:43 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: I guess yeah I think I think being out around people would benefit him the most <8:08:48 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: um because that's also like a social factor and I think it would make him happier <8:08:54 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: yeah so I think his weight maybe you know he doesn't feel as confident and doesn't want to doesn't want kids to make fun of him <8:09:08 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: have you talked to him about any of this <8:09:14 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: what are some of the things that you said when you've tried to talk to him about it before <8:09:15 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: um <8:09:16 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: tried I don't really know how to go about it <8:09:19 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: he just kind of shuts me down <8:09:28 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: yes <8:09:29 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: um things that I've said <8:09:32 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: is there a way that you think you could get him to see you as a peer <8:09:33 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: you know I'm just kind of said you know why don't why don't you just go out and do something fun with your friends and he just says no and you don't understand and <8:09:44 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: then I've tried kind of you know telling him I understand that you're afraid they'll make fun of you but I did think he just sees me as this like like I don't really understand what <8:09:56 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: but I'm his mom I feel like he should be comfortable with speaking to me I don't know if there is a different way I should approach it maybe he'll see me more as a peer if there's a different <8:10:07 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: coach I don't know <8:10:15 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: I think <8:10:18 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: I think maybe just constantly like being <8:10:22 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: on him and telling him well you should do this you should do that is making him see me more as like a mom figure and instead of someone may be on his side so <8:10:23 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: I understand where your concern is coming from in terms of getting support for this whether that is some sort of counseling that you could go through with him or speaking to nutritional Services how ready are you today to pursue something like that <8:10:32 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: I don't I don't know <8:10:34 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: there is a good way to show him that I'm on his side <8:10:38 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: I don't know I want to try I just I don't know <8:10:43 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: oh I'm very ready um you know and I think he would benefit from that I just hope that he can open up to it I'm very ready I would say <8:11:03 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: do you think what are some of your concerns about getting him on board with <8:11:03 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: getting <8:11:13 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: like you know it eight or nine out of 10 I'm ready <8:11:19 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: I'm afraid it will <8:11:26 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: help this way <8:11:28 PM> Suga Saravanan - Doctor: yeah <8:11:30 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: make him feel some type of way stereotyped or maybe more <8:11:35 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: depressed or less likely to to go out or <8:11:40 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: you know I really haven't talked to him about his like mental state with all of this but I just feel like him being afraid of being made made fun of already kind of puts him in this you know I don't want it to make it worse <8:11:52 PM> Maram Abuhaidar- patient: to label yeah I don't know ________________________________________________________________________________ End of transcript at Jan 23, 2026, 8:11:59 PM