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Weight Stigma and Paradigm Straddling - Part 2
In part 1 we talked about a Medscape Today article that reader Antoni sent me about weight stigma in healthcare called “Weight Stigma is Bad Medicine…
1 year, 11 months ago
Reader Question - Is this Article Really Against Weight Stigma in Healthcare? Part 1
Reader Antoni sent me the following question.
I saw this article posted on LinkedIn (Weight Stigma is Bad Medicine by Mengyi (Zed) Zha, MD in MedPageT…
1 year, 11 months ago
Prescribe Fit and Healthcare Providers - Part 2
In part 1 we started looking at a company called PrescribeFit that is focused on getting referrals from orthopedics office of higher-weight patients …
1 year, 11 months ago
Reader Question: What’s the deal with Prescribe Fit
This came up in our monthly subscriber Ask Me Anything and then from another email from reader Julie who wrote:
“I hurt my knee playing soccer. After …
1 year, 11 months ago
When death is ruled to be from "Complications of Obesity"
Many of you have reached out asking me to write about Brandi Mallory and Mandisa Hundley’s deaths. Today is the day I’m going to do that. I want to s…
1 year, 11 months ago
Reader Question - What To Do When My Doctor Is Gaslighting Me?
I got the following question from reader Kyrie:
I started having pain in my knee after I jumped out of a truck and twisted it. I went to my regular do…
1 year, 11 months ago
Reader Question: How to Follow the Weight Loss Industry Money
Reader Kellisa sent me the following question:I appreciate all the different things you write about, but some of my favorite newsletters are where yo…
2 years ago
Unresearched GLP-1 Agonist Practices
As I discuss the issues of GLP-1 agonist and GLP-1/GIP co-agonist weight loss drugs Semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) and Tirzepatide (Mounjaro/Zepbound)I…
2 years ago
Reader Question – What is the Body Roundness Index?
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Reader Shauna asked “I jus…
2 years ago
Advocating for a higher-weight person at the doctor’s office
This came up in our monthly Subscriber Ask Me Anything discussion and it’s something I get asked about a lot – how can you advocate for a fat* friend…
2 years ago