by with Ragen Chastain
Examining the intersections of weight science, weight stigma, and healthcare and what evidence, ethics, and lived experience teach us about healthcare and public health best practices for higher-weight people. <br/><br/><a href="https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">weightandhealthcare.substack.com</a>
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April 30, 2025
<p>Recently I received an email from a physician who had just attended a talk I gave. She asked what I thought about a study that “shows that weight loss is an evidence-based treatment for OA” (osteoarthritis). I started investigating the issues with the study and, in the course of researching and writing about it, I came across an absolute gem by Ilona Hale. In parts 1 and 2 we’ll look at my analysis and in part 3 we’ll look at Dr. Hale’s.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at <a href="https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 23, 2025
<p>I frequently write about types of <a target="_blank" href="https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/understanding-weight-stigma-in-healthcare">weight stigma and bias</a>. Today I want to talk about a specific form called Surveillance Bias, I’ve also heard it called Detection Bias or Testing Bias. I want to talk about how this kind of bias can lead to claims that a health issue is more likely to be found in a group of people when actually the difference is/may be because of the way that group of people were surveilled/tested.</p><p>It’s really important to look for this type of bias because when this happens, it can cause the wrong risk factor to be identified which can lead to over -treatment of some groups and under-treatment of others.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at <a href="https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 19, 2025
<p>In <a target="_blank" href="https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/study-quality-of-life-after-weight">part 1</a> we looked at the 2022 article by Sierżantowicz et al., “Quality of Life after Bariatric Surgery A Systematic Review.” In <a target="_blank" href="https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/study-quality-of-life-after-weight-51a">part 2</a> we took a deeper look into two of the studies they included. In part 3 we’ll examine their conclusions.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at <a href="https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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