The BMI is a meaningless number without any nuance for race or gender or body types, and if you want to talk about actual chronic diseases, maybe just do that instead of using weight as a proxy indicator? maybe worth mentioning the well documented anti-fat bias in medical fields?
In addressing the obesity epidemic, physicians and researchers today focus on obesity as a chronic disease and work to emphasize healthy incremental changes.
Dr. Megan Bensignor of @umnmedschool talked with @twinkiejiggles about this new approach: https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2021/08/10/wellness-wednesday-changing-approaches-obesity …pic.twitter.com/loociRXnrX
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@yrfatfriend but seems like you’ve already talked to her and yet still are doing this segment?https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2021/01/29/author-interview-what-we-dont-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-fat …
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