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Podcast: Science Quickly
Episode: Why Weight May Not Be the Whole Story on Health
Description: 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.Sign up for Chastain’s Substack newsletter, Weight and HealthcareRecommended reading:People...