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Weight Loss Is Not a Substitute for Healthcare: Part 2 - Denial of Care
In part 1 of this series we looked at the basic issues of a healthcare system that is allowed to demand weight loss before patients are able to acces…
1 year ago
Weight Loss Is Not a Substitute for Healthcare: Part 1- The Basics
Substituting weight loss for health and/or healthcare accommodation is a primary source of harm enacted on higher-weight people by the healthcare ind…
1 year ago
Weight Loss Drug Cage Match - Part 2 Study Insights
In Part 1 we looked at the basics of a study that compared the two newest GLP-1 weight loss drugs against each other - Novo Nordisk’s Semaglutide (We…
1 year ago
Weight Loss Drug Cage Match Study - Part 1 The Basics
On May 11, 2025, the study “Tirzepatide as Compared with Semaglutide for the Treatment of Ob*sity” was published in the New England Journal of Medici…
1 year ago
3 Things to Stop Calling Higher-Weight Patients Right Now
The way that higher-weight patients are discussed (in research, in medical/healthcare education and training, and even in interventions meant to incr…
1 year ago
Study questions the claimed health benefits of weight loss
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…
1 year, 1 month ago
Letter Pushes Back Against Weight Stigma in Research
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 wei…
1 year, 1 month ago
Research questions the relationship between weight and health issues
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 cyclin…
1 year, 1 month ago
Reader Question - Was there really a contest to win weight loss surgery?
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 m…
1 year, 1 month ago
Why Not Give The Weight Loss Industry the Benefit of the Doubt? Part 3 - Talking Back
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 o…
1 year, 1 month ago