Media & Research Roundup - March 2025
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By Bill and Terri Weitze
CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the Media & Research Roundup may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language. Websites hosting the articles linked below may allow advertisements for weight loss products and/or otherwise problematic ads.
February 8, 2025: Author Lotta Dann, who became well known in New Zealand when she started blogging about her recovery from alcoholism and toxic drinking culture, is now taking on diet culture.
February 9, 2025: Ruby Gill talks about why coming out as queer and coming out as fat go against social norms and would like to see more intersectionality in both communities.
February 12, 2025: Ragen Chastain shares a letter from a college professor to her podiatrist, pushing back against a recommendation to join a wellness program.
February 13, 2025: Contrary to some reports, there has been no significant change in the rate of adult severe ob*sity in the United States from 2013 to 2023; and there has been only a small uptick in ob*sity rates for children and adolescents.
February 14, 2025: Chrissy King talks about how offensive it is when a commercial blatantly co-opts body liberation language to sell a weight loss drug.
February 14, 2025: In areas where food scarcity exists and malnutrition and starvation are common, fat people still exist, putting into question the theory that there are fat people because of an environment of over-abundance.
February 16, 2025: New research finds links between higher BMI and better cognition, especially among men and Black Americans.
February 17, 2025: Medicalxpress.com discusses the lack of research concerning proper dosage of drugs for higher weight bodies.
February 19, 2025: Mara Gordon, MD interviews size-inclusive Doctor, Monica Peralta, who practices in Managua, Nicaragua, concerning size-inclusive medicine, beauty standards, and why discussions about weight stigma must include talking about colonialism.
February 21, 2025: A study finds that increased weight stigma experienced during childbirth is associated with higher odds of cesarean birth, recommending raising awareness among healthcare providers and reducing potential biases and stigmatization.
February 22, 2025: Ragen Chastain tackles a recent study that claims there is no harm from weight cycling. This is Part 1 of the series.
March 1, 2025: Psychology Today shares some common eating behaviors that may indicate disordered eating and should be reconsidered.
March 5, 2025: Informed consent is a hallmark of the doctor/patient relationship, but some doctors think patients would be too depressed if they were told the truth about weight loss. Ragen Chastain says that’s the whole point of informed consent, for the patient to understand the good and the bad.
