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The Scientifically Shaky Definitions of "Obesity"

Weight and Healthcare • 958 implied HN points • 27 Mar 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Obesity Health Issues Body positivity Weight loss industry Fat Activism
  1. The weight loss industry manipulates the definitions of obesity to suit their profit-driven agenda, claiming it as a disease and influencing healthcare elements.
  2. Common definitions of obesity by organizations like the CDC and NIH raise questions about objectivity and scientific accuracy in diagnosing obesity.
  3. The push by the weight loss industry to expand the market for weight loss drugs raises concerns about pathologizing higher-weight bodies and the need to shift away from a weight-centric paradigm.

Reader Question: Why do they say that "obesity" is a chronic disease like asthma and type 2 diabetes?

Weight and Healthcare • 918 implied HN points • 01 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Obesity Chronic Disease Weight loss industry Health Education Medical Industry
  1. Obesity being labeled as a chronic disease like asthma and type 2 diabetes is misleading and harmful.
  2. The weight loss industry benefits from portraying obesity as a disease, pushing for lifelong treatments like expensive drugs.
  3. The enmeshment of the weight loss industry in healthcare can lead to misinformation and harm, as well-meaning healthcare practitioners get caught up in it.

Issues with Terminology and Statistics in Weight Science - Part 1

Weight and Healthcare • 459 implied HN points • 13 Dec 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Terminology Statistics Weight loss industry
  1. The weight loss industry manipulates terminology to market weight loss as a treatment for obesity, leading to misconceptions and ineffective interventions.
  2. The term 'weight-related conditions' is often used inaccurately to imply causation, ignoring confounding variables like weight stigma and healthcare disparities.
  3. The concept of 'sustained weight loss' is sometimes misrepresented by the weight loss industry to imply success, when in reality, it often refers to temporary weight loss followed by regain.

The Truth About The Obesity Action Coalition

Weight and Healthcare • 639 implied HN points • 04 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Obesity Advocacy Weight loss industry Non-profit organization Pharmaceutical industry
  1. The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) is not an advocacy group for higher-weight people, but predominantly funded by and lobbies for the priorities of the weight loss industry.
  2. OAC's priorities aim to expand Medicare coverage for weight loss interventions, revealing ties to the weight loss industry such as funding from companies producing weight loss drugs and surgical equipment.
  3. There are parallels between OAC's actions and the tactics used by pharmaceutical companies in the past, like Purdue Pharma, to influence healthcare organizations and profit from weight loss interventions.

Is Being Fat Really a Chronic, Lifelong Health Condition?

Weight and Healthcare • 279 implied HN points • 27 Oct 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Obesity Health Conditions Weight loss industry Body positivity Health care
  1. The American Medical Association declared obesity a disease despite recommendations against it, leading to issues with pathologizing body size.
  2. There is a push by weight loss companies to label being fat as a 'chronic, lifelong health condition' to expand their market and profit, which may not be scientifically sound.
  3. Blaming health conditions on fat bodies instead of addressing weight stigma and inequalities can lead to harmful interventions for fat individuals.
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