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Sure, everyone is beautiful and all, but being fat just isn't healthy! Right?? We get into it with molecular biologist Fran aka @fat_positive_fran on TikTok, who explains the factors that determine your body size and unpacks the associations between weight and medical conditions like cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

***CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion of disordered eating, including calorie numbers.***

H1N1 study: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23744235.2016.1201721

Sperm tsRNA study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27340033/

Insulin therapy study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757533/#:~:text=Basal%20insulin%20therapy%20confers%20improved,maximizes%20the%20potential%20to%20nearly

Fran's resource doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xV5kmxaMzMqk9AKSFsMRrGbpXJ8DuV11_gyQywMrmms/edit?usp=sharing

Fran's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fat_positive_fran?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

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