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Read more: Weight-Neutral Appoaches in Medicine
Weight-Neutral Appoaches in Medicine
Pleased today with an episode of a local podcast discussing harms of fat stigma. It includes a recommendation for the Maintenance Phase podcast for more. You can hear or read at https://kuow.org/stories/seattle-doctors-embracing-weight-neutral-healthcare
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Read more: Make Me Smart with guest Lindy West
Make Me Smart with guest Lindy West
I’m listening to a fave podcast, Make Me Smart, which did a “live in Seattle” recording. Tuesday’s episode includes them talking with Lindy West. They talk about work, about the WGA strike, and … Ozempic. Link: https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart/live-from-seattle-part-2-we-talk-to-lindy-west/ (Or search for Make Me Smart in your podcast app) As Lindy notes, not everyone has $1000/mo for […]
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Read more: Life in a rural village in India
Life in a rural village in India
Housewives starting businesses with micro loans. Thriving, some of them. But if your husband decides to take your money or hit you or your children, you are his property. It’s his choice. Or is it? The Bandit Queens, by Parini Shroff, takes on all this and more, while being laugh out loud funny. The humor […]
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Read more: Thinking affects doing
Thinking affects doing
This is a somewhat dismal quote, but hang on for the flip side. Individuals who perceived themselves as less active than others were up to 71% more likely to die in the follow-up period than those who perceived themselves as more active. This finding held across 3 samples and after adjusting for actual levels of […]
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Read more: Alcohol
Alcohol
I seem to have hit on a string of books where the characters drink alcohol every day. Usually multiple drinks at a sitting. Then I read a Tumblr post that reiterates that 3 to 5 drinks at a time is considered a binge, and the liver needs time to process it, so even if you […]
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Read more: Signal Boost
Signal Boost
Are you thinking about leaving your state or country? This essay has a good discussion of factors. The comments are even worth reading.
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Read more: Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day
“Wilson writes about how Black women — herself included — feel the pressure to make their bodies, their appearance, their actions conform to what whiteness demands in order to protect themselves, and how this daily negotiation of their existence extends to “performing” health. The bitter irony being that the Black women will still have bodies […]
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Read more: A few things
A few things
Voting matters. Even if you’ve been in prison, you should be able to get the right to vote restored. If you, like me, are waiting on Philips to send you a non-recalled CPAP, check your spam/junk folder. Despite my sleep doctor’s office having sent them my prescription, Philips insists it needs … my prescription. OR, […]
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