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GLP-1s and Cancer Part 2 - Early Research

Study Questions Associations Between Weight and Health in Metabolic Syndrome - Part 2

Study Questions Associations Between Weight and Health in Metabolic Syndrome - Part 1

Reader Question - How to Stop the Weight Centric Backslide? Part 2

Reader Question - How to Stop the Weight Centric Backslide? Part 1

New Study Questions Weight Loss Claims in Diabetes Prevention Programs - Part 2 Findings

New Study Questions Weight Loss Claims in Diabetes Prevention Programs - Part 1 Authors and Premise

GLP-1s and Nutritional Deficiencies - Follow-up

Novo Nordisk In Trouble For Not Reporting Serious Adverse Events to the FDA

Resources to Fight Weight-Based Insurance and Treatment Denials in Eating Disorders Care and Beyond

Exposing Weight Loss Industry Legislation - Part 2

Exposing Weight Loss Industry Legislation - Part 1

Reader Question - What Happened to 5-10% Weight Loss in the "Age of Ozempic"?

GLP-1s and Nutritional Deficiencies - Part 3 Implications

GLP-1s and Nutritional Deficiencies - Part 2 What the Research Tells Us

GLP-1s and Nutritional Deficiencies - Part 1 We’re Bringing Scurvy Back?

How to Talk to Higher-Weight Patients About Behavior-Based Treatment Options

Study Links Weight Stigma and Inflammation Part 2 - Results

Study Links Weight Stigma and Inflammation Part 1 - Authors and Methodology

Healthcare's Weight Loss Best Case Scenario Problem Part 2 - GLP-1s

Healthcare's Weight Loss Best Case Scenario Problem Part 1 - The Basics

Novo Nordisk Is In Trouble For Misleading Advertising - Again

The Million Pound Challenge Part 2 - The Program

The Million Pound Challenge Part 1 - The Basics

Three Mistakes Providers Make Recommending Behaviors to Higher-Weight Patients

Study Shows Rapid Weight Regain after Ceasing Weight Loss Drugs - Part 3 Media Coverage

Study Shows Rapid Weight Regain after Ceasing Weight Loss Drugs - Part 2 Findings

Study Shows Rapid Weight Regain after Ceasing Weight Loss Drugs - Part 1 The Basics

The Case Against Blaming “Body Habitus” in Higher-Weight Patients' Radiology Reports

What's with the Wegovy Pill - Part 3 Trial Findings

What’s with the Wegovy Pill - Part 2

What's with the Wegovy Pill - Part 1

Reader Question - Weight-Neutral Ways to Navigate Resolution Season

GLP-1s and Knee Osteoarthritis Part 3 - Behavioral Intervention Comparison

GLP-1s and Knees Osteoarthritis Part 2 - Metformin Comparison

GLP-1s and Knee Osteoarthritis - Part 1 Semaglutide

Quick Guide - Weight-Centric vs Weight-Inclusive Paradigm (Reader Question)

Applying Lancet Commission's Concerning Ideas in the Real World - Part 2

Applying Lancet Commission's Concerning Ideas in the Real World - Part 1

Dealing with Diet Culture and Weight Stigma at the Holidays Part 1

Calculating the supposed "cost of obesity" - Part 1

GLP-1s and Muscle Mass Part 3 - Dubious Claims

GLP-1s and Muscle Loss - Part 2 Wegovy and Zepbound

GLP-1s and Muscle Loss - Part 1 The Basics

Quick Guide: Diet Drugs and Surgeries for Children

Questions about the claimed benefits of weight loss

What Going On With the Obesity Action Coalition

Quick Guide - Expanding Thinking About Weight And Health

New Drug to Tolerate Weight Loss Drugs?

Identifying Two Dangerous Lies in Weight and Healthcare

Reader Question - What’s in it for Novo Nordisk?

Analyzing ADCES Conversation Guide for Weight and Type 2 Diabetes - Part 3

Analyzing ADCES Conversation Guide for Weight and Type 2 Diabetes - Part 2

Analyzing ADCES Conversation Guide for Weight and Type 2 Diabetes - Part 1

GLP-1s and Kidney Function - Part 3

GLP-1s and Kidney Function - Part 2

GLP-1s and Kidney Function Part 1

Reader Question - Weight and Healthcare Basics

What if they tell you that you have to weigh-in?

Reader Question - Framework for Analysis of All These Other GLP-1 Uses

New Study of Harms of Weight Cycling - Part 2 Discussion

WaPo Article Claims Food Causes "obesity" Part 2 - The Reporting

WaPo Article Claims Food Causes "obesity" Part 1 - The Study

Questions About Weight and Surgical Complications Part 2 - Three Questions

Questions About Weight and Surgical Complications Part 1 - The Basics

ABC News' Love Letter to Diet Drugs - Part 2 Sell the Premise, Sell the Bit

ABC News' Love Letter to Diet Drugs - Part 1 Buy the Premise, Buy the Bit

The dangers of giving unsolicited health advice to higher-weight people - Part 2

4 Questions to Ask Before Making Health Recommendations to Higher-Weight People

Weight Loss Is Not a Substitute for Healthcare: Part 5 - What Can Be Done?

Weight Loss Is Not a Substitute for Healthcare: Part 4 - Case Study

Weight Loss Is Not a Substitute for Healthcare: Part 3 - Delay of Care

Weight Loss Is Not a Substitute for Healthcare: Part 2 - Denial of Care

Weight Loss Is Not a Substitute for Healthcare: Part 1- The Basics

Weight Loss Drug Cage Match - Part 2 Study Insights

Weight Loss Drug Cage Match Study - Part 1 The Basics

3 Things to Stop Calling Higher-Weight Patients Right Now

Study questions the claimed health benefits of weight loss

Letter Pushes Back Against Weight Stigma in Research

Research questions the relationship between weight and health issues

Reader Question - Was there really a contest to win weight loss surgery?

Why Not Give The Weight Loss Industry the Benefit of the Doubt? Part 3 - Talking Back

Why Not Give The Weight Loss Industry the Benefit of the Doubt? Part 2 - GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

Why Not Give The Weight Loss Industry the Benefit of the Doubt? Part 1 The Basics

The Serious Toll of Healthcare Provider Weight Distraction

Analyzing Claims of GLP-1 Health Benefits

Weight and Osteoarthritis Study - Part 3 Letter to the Journal

Weight and Osteoarthritis Study - Part 2 Citations

Weight and Osteoarthritis Study - Part 1 Study Claims

Surveillance Bias and Higher-Weight People

Study: Quality of Life after Weight Loss Surgery, Part 3 - Conclusions

Study: Quality of Life after Weight Loss Surgery, Part 2 - Deeper Dive

Does This Study Show That Restriction Doesn't Lead to Binging? Part 3 - Conclusions

Does This Study Show That Restriction Doesn't Lead to Binging? Part 2 - Claims

Does This Study Show That Restriction Doesn't Lead to Binging? Part 1 - Authors and Methodology

Quick Tricks to Find Hidden Weight Stigma

Doctor Gives Perfect Example of Co-Opting Weight Inclusive Language

Scripts to help advocate for a higher-weight person in the hospital

What if weight loss informed consent is too discouraging?

Study Claims No Harm from Weight Cycling Part 3 - Conclusions

Study Claims No Harm from Weight Cycling Part 2 - Included Studies

Does This Study REALLY Prove There Is No Harm from Weight Cycling? Part 1 - Authors and Introduction

Movement/Fitness Space Audit - Creating Size-Inclusive Fitness Spaces Part 2

Creating Safe Movement/Fitness Spaces for Higher-Weight People - Part 1

Weight and Inflammation Part 4

Weight and Inflammation Part 3

Lancet Opinion Piece on "Clinical Obesity"

Weight and Inflammation Part 2

Weight and Inflammation Part 1

Fight Weight Stigma - Not Higher-Weight Patients

Three Options When Your Healthcare is Compromised by Weight Stigma

Reader Question - What Is Number Needed to Treat?

Intentional Weight Loss and Lottery Logic

Reader Question: What’s With the New Child Growth Charts?

New Study Supports Weight-Neutral Health

We Must Stop Blaming Higher-Weight Bodies for Healthcare's Failures

What Is Clinical Obesity?

How NOT to handle a patient weigh-in (and what to do instead)

A Diet By Any Other Name

The Problem With People-First Language for Higher-Weight People

How Medical Research Fails Higher-Weight Patients

More Problems With Obesity First Medicine - Part 2

The Dangers of "Obesity First" Medicine - Part 1

RIP to the AspireAssist

Weight Loss Drug Manufacturers Sued - Part 2

Lawsuit highlights the dangers of GLP-1 Drugs - Part 1

Diets, Eating Disorders, and Dubious Research Conclusions - Part 3

Study's Questionable Claims About Diets and Eating Disorders - Part 2

Does this study really show that diets don't cause eating disorders - Part 1

"Obesity" Is Not An Eating Disorder

CDC Children's Weight Loss Programs - Part 2

The Concerning CDC- Recognized Family Healthy Weight Programs - Part 1

Reader Question – What Is Weight-Neutral Health?

BMI and Kids - Part 2

How Does BMI Work for Kids? Part 1

Preparing for vaccines as a higher-weight person

The hypothetical future thin person fallacy in healthcare

Eli Lilly’s Cheaper Weight Loss Med Comes With a Catch

Reader Question – What Do They Mean That Obesity is Only a Disease if it Impacts Your Health?

GLP-1s and Eating Disorders - Part 2

Are GLP-1 Drugs Causing Eating Disorders? Part 1

Reader Question - Who Exactly is Part of the Weight Loss Industry?

Weight Stigma and Paradigm Straddling - Part 2

Reader Question - Is this Article Really Against Weight Stigma in Healthcare? Part 1

Prescribe Fit and Healthcare Providers - Part 2

Reader Question: What’s the deal with Prescribe Fit

When death is ruled to be from "Complications of Obesity"

Reader Question - What To Do When My Doctor Is Gaslighting Me?

Reader Question: How to Follow the Weight Loss Industry Money

Unresearched GLP-1 Agonist Practices

Reader Question – What is the Body Roundness Index?

Advocating for a higher-weight person at the doctor’s office

Your health program is not weight-neutral if…

The Need for Troncoconical Blood Pressure Cuffs

Case Study - GLP-1 Agonists and Medication Absorption - Part 2

GLP-1 Agonists and Medication Absorption - Part 1

We Need To Talk About P-Hacking

The Examination/WaPo Anti-Diet Hit Piece Methodology - Part 2

The Examination/Washington Post Anti-Diet Hit Piece - Part 1

Does this Semaglutide (Wegovy) study really show four-year sustained weight loss? Part 2

Four-Year Weight Loss with Wegovy (Semaglutide 2.4mg) Cardiovascular Study - Part 1

Quick Guide – Creating a Size-Accommodating Office

The Myth of Kick-Starting Weight Loss - Part 2

Reader Question – What Should Disclosures in Weight Science and Weight Loss Research Include?

Wegovy for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction - Part 2

The Worst Fitness Advice for Higher-Weight People?

The Scientifically Shaky Definitions of "Obesity"

The Dangers of Medicare Coverage for Wegovy, Zepbound, and other Weight Loss Interventions

Things to Stop Saying and Doing in Front of Higher-Weight Patients

Zepbound/Mounjaro Tirzepatide for Weight Loss Part 3

Zepbound/Mounjaro Tirzeptatide for Weight Loss Part 2

Zepbound/Mounjaro (Tirzepatide) for Weight Loss - Part 1

Doesn't FDA Approval Mean Weight Loss Drugs Are Safe? - Reader Question

5 Questions With Medical Students for Size Inclusivity

Reader Question – What’s the Deal with Awaken180?

Reader Question - If my patient asks for weight loss, don't I have to offer it?

The Bellevue Hospital Weight Loss Surgery Factory

Quick Guide: Wegovy/Ozempic for Weight Loss

Resources to Fight BMI-Based Denials for Lumbar Spinal Surgery

The Harm of Weight-Based Healthcare Inequalities

Common Terminology and Statistics Issues- Part 2

Issues with Terminology and Statistics in Weight Science - Part 1

Physician Demonstrates Medical Weight Stigma and Bias

Weight Loss Industry Big Think - Expanding the Market -Part 2

Reader Question - Dealing with Diet Culture at the Holidays

Three Things That Should Be Required For Weight Loss Research

Large study shows high BMI not associated with serious top-surgery complications

Wegovy Side Effects and Informed Consent - Part 2

Reader Question – Wegovy’s Side Effects - Part 1

The Truth About ObesityWeek - Part 2

ObesityWeek and The Obesity Society - Part 1

The Worst Doctor Diet Advice?

Heart Health Workshop Puts Weight Stigma and Poor Science on Display

Reader Question – Is Obesity an Addiction Like Alcohol or Gambling?

Study examines connections between weight loss programs and depression and anxiety in adolescents

The Utter Ridiculousness of the 5-10% Weight Loss Recommendation

Article Shows How the Media Creates Weight Stigma, Even When It Isn’t There

Questions for Higher Weight Patients and Their Healthcare Providers

Reader Question: What is Relapsing Remitting Obesity

The Alternative to “Obesity Medicine”

Study Questions Supposed Link Between Being Higher-Weight and Cognitive Ability

Not Blaming Fat People For Failed Weight Loss Isn't Enough

Please stop telling patients with Type 2 Diabetes to “Just eat less sweets and carbs”

Do Small Pharmaceutical Industry Payments Really Influence Doctors?

Weight Loss Surgery and Kids Part 2

Novo Nordisk's Ethically Questionable Wegovy Publicity Stunt

Weight-Neutral Health And Wegovy - Unprinted Interview

The Concept of “Non-Compliance” and Weight Loss Recommendations

Weight Loss Surgery and Kids Part 1

How Do I Talk To A Colleague About Their Weight Stigma?

Higher-Weight People Have Best Hip Surgery Outcomes in New Study

Noom Announces: We’re Not a Diet – We’re a Pill Mill?

Fighting Weight Stigma by Ending Weight Pathologization - Part 2

Reducing Stigma by Ending the Pathologizing of Fatness - Part 1

Weight Loss and the Question Too Many Researchers Aren’t Asking

NYT Ethicist's Weight Stigma Hypocrisy Part 2

NYT Ethicist’s Weight Stigma Problem

Steps for Practitioners to Advocate for Higher-Weight Patients/Clients

Beachbody's Pseudo Rebrand – I Tried It So You Don’t Have To Part 2

Do EpiPens Fail Higher-Weight Patients

Is Beachbody's Rebrand Really About Honoring All Shapes and Sizes? Part 1

Doctor Tweets Perfect Example of Weight Stigma

What To Do When Weight Stigma Makes You Want To Avoid The Doctor

Letter To Med Students Doing a Weight-Stigma Capstone – Guest Post by Rachel Fox

Eating Disorders Support ChatBot Promotes Weight Loss

Wegovy’s So-Called “Long-Term” Study

Help the US Preventive Services Task Force Avoid Harming People and Wasting Money

Study Misleads About Efficacy of Weight Loss Interventions in Children

Goodbye To Jenny Craig

The Problem With “Classes” of “Obesity"

Patient Quick Guide To Talking About Weight with Healthcare Providers

Four Ways To Spot a Fake Anti-Weight-Stigma Event

Three Common Statistics Snafus in Weight Science

Why The WHO Shouldn't Grant Diet Drug Request To Be Added To Essential Medicine List - Part 3

Dubious Justifications Behind Request to WHO to Declare Diet Drugs "Essential" Part 2

A First Step to Solving Weight Stigma in Healthcare Interactions

Novo Nordisk Gets Caught In Shady Marketing Practices - Part 2

Novo Nordisk (Finally) Faces Some Consequences for Their Deceptive Marketing Tactics - Part 1

Reader Question - Sleep Apnea and Weight

Study Shows Lack of Link Between High BMI and COVID Deaths

Providing X-Rays, MRIs and CT Scans to Higher-Weight Patients

Weight Watchers Expands Their Harmful Model - Adding Prescription Drugs

Study Looks At Ways To Protect Ourselves from Weight Stigma

The Harm of Weight Stigma

The Truth About The Obesity Action Coalition

Reader Question: Why do they say that "obesity" is a chronic disease like asthma and type 2 diabetes?

A New HAES™ Friendly Disordered Eating, Exercise and Body Image Screening Tool

Fighting BMI-Based Denials Part 3 - Patient Experience

Options to Deal With BMI-Based Healthcare Denials - Part 2

BMI Limits - Healthcare Held Hostage For A Weight Loss Ransom - Part 1

The Validation and Frustration of Stunkard et al.

When Doctors' Education Is The Best That Pharma Money Can Buy- Part 2

When Doctors' Education Is Really Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing - Part 1

Asking for Accommodations as a Higher-Weight Person - Part 2

Asking for Accommodations as a Higher-Weight Person Part 1

Things to Stop Saying/Doing To Fat Patients At The Start Of Their Appointments

Testing The Claim That Pediatric Weight Management Interventions Decrease Eating Disorders

The Problem With Weight Stigma Research

Serious Issues With the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines For Higher-Weight Children and Adolescents

Special Edition: Dangerous New American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Higher-Weight Children

Study Finds Doctors’ Weight Loss Advice Is Rarely Effective

Novo Nordisk Marketing Diet Drug to Adolescents

Ghosts of Diet Culture Yet to Come

Ghosts of Diet Culture Present

Ghosts of Diet Culture Past

How To Solve The So-Called "Obesity Epidemic" Today

Does this Study Really Say You Can't Be Fat and Fit?

How to Tell If A "Weight Bias" Training Is Diet Culture in Disguise

Let's Talk About Noom

Quick Guide: Will Weight Loss Improve/Cure This Health Condition?

Reader Question - What Do You Think Of Obesity Medicine?

New Guidelines for Weight Loss Surgery?

Advocating for Blood Pressure Cuffs and Gowns in the ER

Weight Watchers Long-Term Research

Weight Watchers - Up To Their Old Tricks

Are Medicare and Medicaid Patients Required to Weigh-In?

Does This Study Really Show How To Maintain Weight Loss?

Reader Question – What’s the Deal with Lark Health?

Is Being Fat Really a Chronic, Lifelong Health Condition?