Weight and Healthcare

The way that higher-weight patients are discussed (in research, in medical/healthcare education and training, and even in interventions meant to increase accessibility in healthcare) can vastly incre…

I recently wrote about a study that questioned the assumption that higher-weight causes health issues. Today I’m writing about a study that questions the assumption that weight loss improves health i…

Weight stigma does untold harm and, especially in healthcare, it can be deadly. One of the most important things that each of us can do to reduce weight stigma and the harm it causes is to act (when …

In the past we’ve talked about how the health issues that get blamed on being higher-weight may actually be due to weight stigma and/or weight cycling and/or healthcare inequalities. Recently reader …

I got the following question from reader Jill who attended a recent talk that I gave at her medical center:

”During the question and answer part you mentioned a contest to win weight loss surgery. Did…

In part 1 we talked about the general issues with giving the weight loss industry the benefit of the doubt. In part 2 we talked about the specifics of this for the GLP-1 weight loss meds. That brings…

In part 1 we discussed the general issues with giving the weight loss industry the benefit of the doubt. Today we are going to talk about this as it applies to GLP-1s. This started with an email I go…

I got this email from reader Elena:

I’m a weight-neutral family doctor. I was talking to a colleague about my issues with the GLP-1s and how there is no evidence that supports that taking them for lif…

We are going to start out today with the story of Dr Thomas Kraut and then talk about what it that story demonstrates and what we can do about it. Content note that this story is tragic. This was ori…

I got a question from reader Giana who asked:

I feel like I’ve seen a hundred news reports claiming that the GLP1 drugs will cure anything and everything…joint pain, heart attacks, addiction, on and o…

In parts 1 and 2 we looked into a 2018 journal article called Management of osteoarthritis of the knee in younger patients by Khan, Adili, Winemaker, and Bhandari. It turns out we aren’t the only one…

In part 1 we began discussing the article Management of osteoarthritis of the knee in younger patients by Khan, Adili, Winemaker, and Bhandari and their claim that weight loss is an appropriate treat…

Recently I received an email from a physician who had just attended a talk I gave. She asked what I thought about a study that “shows that weight loss is an evidence-based treatment for OA” (osteoart…

I frequently write about types of weight stigma and bias. Today I want to talk about a specific form called Surveillance Bias, I’ve also heard it called Detection Bias or Testing Bias. I want to talk…

In part 1 we looked at the 2022 article by Sierżantowicz et al., “Quality of Life after Bariatric Surgery A Systematic Review.” In part 2 we took a deeper look into two of the studies they included. …

In part one we looked at the 2022 article by Sierżantowicz et al., “Quality of Life after Bariatric Surgery A Systematic Review.” I do recommend reading that to understand the issues with the way “He…

As I mentioned in part 2, when I teach research analysis, I recommend checking something I call “The Do-Do’s” which encompasses two questions: Do the citations support the claims? Do the study data s…

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Content note: this piece will discuss research around binge eating, includin…

Recently a reader reaching out asking me to analyze a 2024 study called “Evaluating dietary restriction as a maintaining factor in binge-eating disorder” The authors claims that their findings:

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It can be difficult to tease apart what is real anti-weight stigma work and what is weight stigma in sheep’s clothing. Here are some quick tricks to tell the difference.