This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you appreciate the content here, please consider supporting the newsletter by subscribing and/or sharing! I was reading a conversation online where a fat person was saying that they wanted evidence-based care from their doctors. A man replied that he teaches nurses and that he makes it a point to teach those future nurses to treat “ob*se* people” with “compassion and never cruelty.”
Amazon is being clever. We'll see if it's any more than that. But I saw news that Jeffrey Bezos's latest move for his empire is One Medical, and they are putting out propaganda about how comfortable visits to their doctor's offices will be, with photos of waiting rooms with wide and plush chairs. Again, whether this translates to any more evidence-based care for adipose patients than elsewhere is yet to be seen.
I agree with Ragen's comments, with one small exception. As an older fat person, I would now
want seating consisting of wide chairs with arms and/or seats higher off the ground. That way I can not only sit in them, but also get up from them.
All I can say is AMEN!!!
Amazon is being clever. We'll see if it's any more than that. But I saw news that Jeffrey Bezos's latest move for his empire is One Medical, and they are putting out propaganda about how comfortable visits to their doctor's offices will be, with photos of waiting rooms with wide and plush chairs. Again, whether this translates to any more evidence-based care for adipose patients than elsewhere is yet to be seen.