Weight and Healthcare
Examining weight science, weight stigma, and what evidence, ethics, and lived experience teach us about best healthcare practices and public health for higher weight people.
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- every 3 days
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- 223
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Testing The Claim That Pediatric Weight Management Interventions Decrease Eating Disorders
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I think that one of the more dangerous and disingenuous parts of the new Ame…
The Problem With Weight Stigma Research
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Serious Issues With the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines For Higher-Weight Children and Adolescents
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Special Edition: Dangerous New American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Higher-Weight Children
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At their base, the guidelines recommend intentional weight loss for higher-w…
Study Finds Doctors’ Weight Loss Advice Is Rarely Effective
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In findings that will likely not surprise anyone who has been on the receivi…
Novo Nordisk Marketing Diet Drug to Adolescents
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Novo Nordisk (the same company that made a literal fortune by price gouging …
Ghosts of Diet Culture Yet to Come
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Ghosts of Diet Culture Present
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In part one we talked about the Ghosts of Diet Culture Past, today we’re goi…
Ghosts of Diet Culture Past
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How To Solve The So-Called "Obesity Epidemic" Today
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Does this Study Really Say You Can't Be Fat and Fit?
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This study came out almost two years ago, but…
How to Tell If A "Weight Bias" Training Is Diet Culture in Disguise
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As the diet industry works hard to co-opt the…
Let's Talk About Noom
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Noom has become ubiquitous in the diet space.…
Quick Guide: Will Weight Loss Improve/Cure This Health Condition?
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Often, after giving a talk about weight scien…
Reader Question - What Do You Think Of Obesity Medicine?
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New Guidelines for Weight Loss Surgery?
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In October, “Guidelines on Indications for Me…
Advocating for Blood Pressure Cuffs and Gowns in the ER
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Weight Watchers Long-Term Research
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In the last newsletter, I gave a general over…
Weight Watchers - Up To Their Old Tricks
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In 2018, Weight Watchers changed its name to …
Are Medicare and Medicaid Patients Required to Weigh-In?
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I hear from a lot of people who are on Medica…