Weight Archives

09.13.2024 Cropped image of person's feet standing on a scale with a tape measure in the foreground. weight loss from Ozempic concept

Health Equity

Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Ozempic

Body image trends have led those without diabetes to seek anti-diabetic medications, like Ozempic, and doctors are liberally prescribing them.

Fellow Heather Sherr

03.01.2024 Anastasia Kidd headshot

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Anastasia Kidd

Anastasia Kidd, minister, lecturer, author, and activist, discusses her new book, Fat Church: Claiming a Gospel of Fat Liberation, and the health effects of weight stigma in medicalized spaces and research.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

10.26.2023 PHPod logo and player on the left with an optical illusion on right, representing body dysmorphia, weight discrimination, and stigma

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Fat Liberation and Weight Discrimination

PHPod host Kara Schmidt sits down with Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd, director of Contextual Education at Boston University School of Theology, and Massachusetts State Senator Becca Rausch to discuss the fat liberation movement, the health effects of weight stigma, and recent legislation to address size discrimination in the Commonwealth.

03.16.2023 a woman wearing glasses and a necklace

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Katherine Flegal

Katherine Flegal is a consulting professor at Stanford University and is one of the most highly cited researchers in obesity epidemiology.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

03.09.2023 a map of the united states

Weighed Down by Discrimination

Roughly 42% of U.S. adults experience weight discrimination, yet Michigan is the only state where discrimination based on weight is illegal.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

11.09.2022 girl standing on scale

Childhood Weight Affects Puberty Timing

Childhood obesity, a known risk factor for early puberty in girls, is also a risk factor in boys.

Guest Author Ai Kubo

07.25.2022 a scale with a yellow tape measure

Health Equity

Common Myths About Obesity

Misinformation leads to ill-advised public health approaches to treating obesity.

Guest Author Callie MacDonald

04.05.2022 a graph with numbers and symbols

Breaking Down the BMI

Researchers formulated a new definition of metabolic health based on systolic blood pressure, use of blood pressure medication, waist-to-hip ratio, and presence of diabetes symptoms.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

03.16.2022

Social Media Engagement and Obesity Rates

Following fast-food brands online significantly correlates with state-level obesity rates.

Guest Authors Marie Bragg, Josh Arshonsky

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