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Weight and Healthcare — 292 episodes
The Weight Stigma Mistake We MUST Stop Making
Looking Back at Look AHEAD Part 2 - The 10% Group
Looking Back at Look AHEAD Part 1 - Basics
Reader Question - What is Foundayo? Part 1 - Study Basics
Case Study - Fighting Weight Stigma to Get Healthcare
GLP-1 Study is an EPIC Fail Part 2 - Analysis
GLP-1 Study is an EPIC Fail Part 1 - Authors and Methodology
Case Study - Using New GLP-1 Article for Patient Advocacy
New Study: Weighing and Blood Pressure Part 2 - Limitations, Recommendations, and Conclusions
New Study: Weighing and Blood Pressure Part 1 - Study Basics
Reader Question - What is Going On With Medicare and GLP-1 Diet Drugs?
GLP-1s and Cancer Part 4 - Three Studies
GLP-1s and Cancer Part 3 - The Guardian Article
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?