Category: Dieting/WLS
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Superbowl Ads
No comments on Superbowl AdsThey’re an American tradition. This year included a minute-long ad that: “[P]itches a “life-changing” solution to all this: weight-loss drugs, as offered by the telehealth startup Hims & Hers.” (source) Of course there’s also scaremongering about the “obesity epidemic” and the implication that all only weight-loss drugs can make changes. The product? Off-brand GLP-1 antagonists. […]
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In the news – Insurance and Weight Loss
No, US health insurance doesn’t cover weight loss. Here’s why.
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Some things I’m thinking about
In which I’m thinking about how Marx defined the employers vs employees, and “rethinking” BMI again.
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The Locked Room, or Dieting Serial Killer
Murder mysteries are fun, right?
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Quote of the Day
Can I, or anyone, say that weight loss is never medically necessary? Of course not. Is weight loss overprescribed? Absolutely. And given that intentional weight loss is not a benign pursuit, for psychological health at the very minimum, it’s wise to think twice before starting down, or staying on, that perilous road. From Carrie Dennett
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Weight Loss Expectations
Yay Aubrey Gordon for pointing out (in the Maintenance Phase podcast on Ozempic) that if she were to use Ozempic she would have a 50% chance of losing 15% of her body weight. Which would take her from a morbidly obese BMI to …drumroll… a morbidly obese BMI. If a 15% weight loss would put […]
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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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QoTD
[I]t’s fine to just eat, and not expect your food choices to work some particular magic on your body. “You get the time and the space to focus on your career, on your relationships, on social justice, causes you care about, changing the world—there’s so much more life available to you outside of [just thinking […]
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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving yesterday was turkey roasted in a bag; stuffing with mushrooms, water chestnuts, and cashews; green bean casserole; followed by apple crisp. Fridge is full, but it’s not like we emptied it beforehand. Today I had a blueberry muffin with coffee. Around 11 I heated a bowl of leftover veggie curry, then around 2 a […]
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Weight Watchers Continues To Spew Waste
I probably don’t need to say I think WW’s app for kids is poised to mess up kids’ lives. That research shows dieting leads to long-term weight gain. Or that disordered eating is often dieting with a different name. But if you are looking for more info: EATER: Weight Watchers Debuts an App That Could Screw […]
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Hm, maybe I should post more often
The 2nd-most-recent post on the blog is from February and mentions that I’d gotten my silver Translator badge that week. I got my gold Translator badge* last week. Maybe I should post more? Harriet Brown has been writing more about weight and health of late. The most recent, in Slate, is worth reading (though the comments are […]
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CBC: Obesity research confirms long-term weight loss almost impossible
The CBC has an article on what obesity research shows. After years of study, it’s becoming apparent that it’s nearly impossible to permanently lose weight. I’m not sure that’s news, but go on. For psychologist Traci Mann, who has spent 20 years running an eating lab at the University of Minnesota, the evidence is clear. […]
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Exercising for Strength
[Please avoid if references to calorie counting, restriction, or binge eating is a problem. This also goes for most of the links.] Lately I’ve been reading two very different blogs for their exercise content. One is Shaunta Grimes’ Tumblr, where she’s discussing her “100 Day Experiment” with Health At Every Size®. Shaunta had begun her weight-accepting […]
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Green Tea Extracts
I’ve written before that our society tends to push weight loss “pros” and not mention “cons”. Here’s a “con” you may not be familiar with. There are many products to help people lose weight (if only temporarily). Some “fat burning” supplements contain green tea extracts, which in high doses can be toxic to the liver. […]
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Quote of the Day: Hunger, Food, and Self-acceptance
[Discusses calorie counts, reference to dieting/WLS] I work with Michelle, The Fat Nutritionist, and she’s changed my entire life and my entire relationship with food. I was talking to her about hating myself for eating more often than I “should” […] She said my body requires more calories than I’m able to consume in one sitting […]
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