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“Weight bias often predates degree completion, for doctors, and one study showed 67% of medical students exhibited overt (explicit) bias against patients in larger bodies, calling them “lazy, unmotivated, noncompliant, and unhealthy” (source). It’s no wonder so many people I meet with have such little desire to go to the doctor. Today’s episode is an interview with weight inclusive medical doctor, Mara Gordon. Mara gives us hope that there is another way to look at health, that has nothing to do with the size of our bodies. Mara and I talk about everything from weight stigma and bias as a whole, the future of weight inclusive care, and how the increased populariy of weight loss medicaitons fit into our culture’s push towards body acceptance.
Work with me using your insurance by emailing Gina.Forster@usenourish.com
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Read some of Dr. Gordon’s work here.
Check out Dr. Gordon’s newsletter, Chief Complaint, for reflections on medicine, parenting, gender, and fatphobia.
https://weightinclusivemedicine.org
