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Weight and HealthcareWeight and Inflammation Part 4In part 1 of this series, Dr. Zed Zha shared a patient story of the harm that can happen when assumptions are made about the relationships between weight and inflammation. In parts 2 and 3, Dr. Zha examined common beliefs around inflammation, weight, and weight loss. In the final installment of this series, I’ll look at two possible confounding variables that may be at the root of associations between weight and inflammation. Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-2508 min
Weight and HealthcareWeight and Inflammation Part 3In part 1 Dr. Zed Zha discussed a patient experience that elucidated the issues that happen when assumptions are made about the relationships between weight and health. In part 2 she began a discussion of four conditions that must be met to rigorously prove the theorem that weight loss lowers inflammation - “weight ↓ → inflammation ↓”. In part 3 of this 4-part series, she’ll discuss the third and fourth conditions. Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-2209 min
Weight and HealthcareLancet Opinion Piece on "Clinical Obesity"In November I responded to readers’ questions about a paper that was being teased to the media suggesting a new definition for “ob*sity.” The paper is now out, and it’s even worse than I thought. I’ve had a lot of requests to write about it and there is a ton of media on it right now (though, sadly, not a ton of any kind of critical/investigative journalism.)As regular readers know, I am in the middle of a four-part series with Dr. Zed Zha about weight and inflammation. I’m pausing that today to give an o...2025-01-1807 min
Weight and HealthcareWeight and Inflammation Part 2In Part 1, Dr. Zed Zha (M.D. and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians) discussed a patient experience that illuminated the need to look beyond simple assumptions about weight and inflammation. In part 2 she will begin a deep dive into the research around weight, weight loss, and inflammation. Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-1514 min
Weight and HealthcareWeight and Inflammation Part 1In discussions around weight and health, the concept of “inflammation” almost always arises. This is a complex discussion and so I am thrilled and honored to share a four-part series in which Zed Zha, MD, FAAFP (Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians) and I explore assumptions around weight, weight loss, and inflammation.Here now, Part 1 - Patient Story - as told by Dr. Zha Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-1106 min
Weight and HealthcareWeight Stigma and Paradigm Straddling - Part 2In part 1 we talked about a Medscape Today article that reader Antoni sent me about weight stigma in healthcare called “Weight Stigma is Bad Medicine.” The author, Mengyi (Zed) Zha, MD made important points about weight stigma, some of which aren’t often aren’t made. So there’s a lot of good in the article, which I appreciate.What Dr. Zha has written is brave (and she will undoubtedly get criticism from those who implicit or explicit anti-fat bias drives their thoughts about and interactions with higher-weight people.) I’m beyond grateful that she wrote this article2024-08-1708 min
Weight and HealthcareReader Question - Is this Article Really Against Weight Stigma in Healthcare? Part 1Reader Antoni sent me the following question.I saw this article posted on LinkedIn (Weight Stigma is Bad Medicine by Mengyi (Zed) Zha, MD in MedPageToday). I feel like the author made good points but it still doesn’t feel quite right to me. What do you think? Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe2024-08-1403 min