In the office; on the scale.
To what extent have physicians and other medical professionals contributed to the stigmatization of obesity? This hour, we take an in-depth look.
We also discuss the effects of obesity and weight stigma on children. What responsibilities do parents, pediatricians, and educators share in keeping kids healthy and safe?
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GUESTS:
- Michael Hobbes - Reporter for HuffPostand co-host of the You’re Wrong About… podcast (@RottenInDenmark)
- Dr. Wajahat Mehal - Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and Director of the Yale Weight Loss Program
- Dr. Rebecca Puhl - Deputy Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity and Professor in the Department of Human Development & Family Studies at UConn
READING LIST:
HuffPost: Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - "Years from now, we will look back in horror at the counterproductive ways we addressed the obesity epidemic and the barbaric ways we treated fat people—long after we knew there was a better path."
The New York Times: The Shame of Fat Shaming - "The problems with fat shaming start early. Rebecca Puhl, the deputy director of the University of Connecticut’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, and her colleagues find that weight is the most common reason children are bullied in school."
Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
