This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! I know it’s been three super research-heavy newsletters in a row, so I thought today we’d do something different. About a month ago I gave a talk to a group of weight-neutral doctors. We were talking about the research and possible mechanisms around the near-complete failure rate of intentional weight loss, and one of the doctors asked me for ideas to talk about this with patients who were still invested in weight loss. I gave her this and I just got an email saying that her patients love it asking if I have it written down anywhere that she could link to. Now I do…
I was waiting for this to go into bears and how they fatten up for hibernation every year and how brilliant their evolutionary imperatives are to do that fattening up so they can survive a winter of hibernation! (As an aside, Katmai National Park's social media team should earn an award for "Fat Bear Week" where they celebrate this annual body change!)
I love this explanation. Being able to explain complex biological mechanisms through story is powerful.
What a beautiful explanation!
Yes!!! I love this so much. Hunger is a feature, not a bug!
I love this explanation and will be providing it to everyone I know!
this is excellent. thank you.
I was waiting for this to go into bears and how they fatten up for hibernation every year and how brilliant their evolutionary imperatives are to do that fattening up so they can survive a winter of hibernation! (As an aside, Katmai National Park's social media team should earn an award for "Fat Bear Week" where they celebrate this annual body change!)