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Welcome to The Weight and Healthcare Newsletter

WEBAs I’m sitting down to write this, I can’t help but reflect on the journey that got me here. I started using my background in research methods and statistics to study the …

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Dangerous USPSTF Guidelines for Higher-Weight Children Are …

WEBThis is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! The US Preventive Services Task …

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The Deep Harm of World Obesity Day

WEBThis is a day that does incredible harm to higher weight people in a variety of ways. (“Fun” fact - prior to them changing the date in 2020, WOD used to be on October …

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The Harm of Weight Stigma

WEBOvercoming Weight Bias in the Management of Patients With Diabetes and Ob*sity, Puhl, et al., 2016. The health impacts of weight stigma can include: increased …

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Reader Question – What are Weight-Related Health Conditions

WEBTo sum up, “weight-related conditions” is a made-up concept to describe health conditions that happen to people of all sizes, that get called “weight-related” …

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Higher-Weight Patients and Obstetrics

WEBAnother condition that’s raised often around pregnancy and folks in higher weight bodies is Gestational Diabetes (GD). For folks with a BMI of 19-25, the commonly …

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Higher-Weight Patients and Fertility

WEBWeight stigma is also linked to an increase in chronic inflammation (8) due to the stress that fat people face when they have interactions with their healthcare …

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It's the Diets That Fail, Not the Patients They Are Prescribed To

WEBThis is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! Studies show that the vast majority …

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The Research Post

WEBThe Research Post. Ragen Chastain. Jun 18, 2022. 22. Share. This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter. If you like what you are reading, please consider …

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The Scientifically Shaky Definitions of "Obesity"

WEBThis is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter!If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing!. In their zeal to medicalize and …

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Audit for Creating A Size-Inclusive Healthcare Office

WEBThis is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter.If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! You can also gift a subscription to …

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5 Questions With Medical Students for Size Inclusivity

WEBToday in our “5 questions with…” series we have 5 questions with three amazing MSSI members! Rachel Carpenter she/her. Touro College of Medicine, class of …

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A New HAES™ Friendly Disordered Eating, Exercise and Body

WEBMany people struggle with disordered eating, body image issues, disordered exercise and the impacts of weight stigma. If you rely solely on standardized diagnostic …

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Heart Health Workshop Puts Weight Stigma and Poor Science on …

WEBThis is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! A reader sent me the marketing …

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Serious Issues With the American Academy of Pediatrics

WEBThis is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! The American Academy of …

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Should We Rename “Obesity”

WEBIt begins: Public perception of disease is everything. "Diabetics" are now referred to as "people living with diabetes"; an "ob*se person" is now an "individual living …

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The Trouble with Promoting “Joyful” or “Enjoyable” Movement

WEBThis is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! Today I want to talk about fitness, and …

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