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WaPo Article Claims Food Causes "obesity" Part 1 - The Study
Wow did a lot of you ask me to write about the article “What causes ob*sity? A major new study is upending common wisdom” from The Washington Post.
Th…
11 months ago
Questions About Weight and Surgical Complications Part 2 - Three Questions
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In part 1 we discussed gen…
11 months, 1 week ago
Questions About Weight and Surgical Complications Part 1 - The Basics
BMI-based denials of care are devastating and can have serious negative impacts on people’s health, lives, and quality of life. In some cases they ar…
11 months, 1 week ago
ABC News' Love Letter to Diet Drugs - Part 2 Sell the Premise, Sell the Bit
In part 1 I started discussing the ABC News article “GLP-1s work but when they're stopped, the effects stop too: Expert” We discussed the fact that i…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
ABC News' Love Letter to Diet Drugs - Part 1 Buy the Premise, Buy the Bit
There are a couple of online articles floating around that literally hundred of you have asked me to write about. One is the Washington Post “reporti…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The dangers of giving unsolicited health advice to higher-weight people - Part 2
In part 1, I offered a framework of questions for healthcare providers (or others) to ask themselves before they offer unsolicited health advice to a…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
4 Questions to Ask Before Making Health Recommendations to Higher-Weight People
A couple years ago I wrote a piece about what to think about before offering unsolicited advice to higher-weight friends/family/strangers about their…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Weight Loss Is Not a Substitute for Healthcare: Part 5 - What Can Be Done?
In part 1 we discussed the basics of substituting weight loss for healthcare and accommodation. In part 2 we discussed issues with the likelihood of …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Weight Loss Is Not a Substitute for Healthcare: Part 4 - Case Study
In part 1 we discussed the basics of substituting weight loss for healthcare and accommodation. In part 2 we discussed issues with the likelihood of …
1 year ago
Weight Loss Is Not a Substitute for Healthcare: Part 3 - Delay of Care
In part 1 we discussed the basics of substituting weight loss for healthcare and accommodation. In part 2 we discussed issues with the likelihood of …
1 year ago