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Why Weight May Not Be the Whole Story on Health
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Could our fixation on weight actually be harming, rather than helping, people’s health? Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Ragen Chastain, a writer, researcher and board-certified patient advocate, to discuss how weight stigma could be fueling many of the negative health outcomes we commonly link to weight gain.
This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
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Recommended reading:
People Who Are Fat and Healthy May Hold Keys to Understanding Obesity
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. Sabrina Strings. NYU Press, 2019
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