The Problem with Weight Loss - Part 1

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03/21/21 • 48 min

In this 3-part series, we look at new ways to help people improve their health without stigmatizing their bodies. Here, in part 1, we examine the cultural conditioning that’s led to deep biases against those in larger bodies. Guests: Dr. Sabrina Strings, Julia Malacoff, Dr. Helen Kollias, Dr. Spencer Nadolsky, Mara Blaze, Brian St. Pierre, and Dr. Paul Saladino.

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The Problem with Weight Loss - Part 2

In this 3-part series, we look at new ways to help people improve their health without stigmatizing their bodies. Here, in part 2, we discover when thinness became associated with attractiveness, godliness and virtue. And when fatness became associated with moral failure. Guests: Dr. Sabrina Strings, Julia Malacoff, Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani.

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In this 2-part series, we explore how modern scientists and sociologists are thinking about biological sex development and gender... and how that differs with past ideas. Here, in part 2, we’ll focus on how gender is constructed, its biological basis, and how mismatches between sex and gender can play out in real life. Guests: Janae Kroc, Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon, Alaina Hardie, Dr. Vincent Harley.