Mar 04 2025 40 mins 7
CW for the o-word
In this rather passionate episode of The Fat Doctor Podcast, I take on World Obsity Day and use this farce to challenge the very foundation of weight-centric healthcare. We take a look at how organizations like the World Obsity Federation medicalize and pathologize fatness while claiming to fight weight stigma, exposing the contradictions and financial interests behind these narratives.
Key moments:
- Why ob*sity is not a disease but a descriptor (fat) that has been unnecessarily and intentionally medicalized
- How weight stigma and weight cycling, as opposed to fatness itself, contributes to negative health outcomes
- A critical analysis of the UK medical guidelines for fatty liver disease that recommend weight loss despite zero supporting evidence
- Research showing that preoperative weight loss before joint replacement surgery provides no benefits, yet is still routinely required
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The journal article I referenced is: Laperche, Jacob et al. “Obesity and total joint arthroplasty: Does weight loss in the preoperative period improve perioperative outcomes?.” Arthroplasty (London, England) vol. 4,1 47. 4 Nov. 2022
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