I see they have dropped the minimally honest claim that fatness is "linked to" or "correlated/associated with" health issues and aren't just outright lying that fatness is directly causal to all health problems. The fact they now have a pharma product they can make billions from regardless of how ineffective it might be and more billions treating any health problems caused by that product (while likely blaming it on weight as a perfect cover) has nothing to do with it, I'm sure.
Leana Wen is a tool with a deliberately curated resumé/career. I question her people skills and compassion. She failed as Baltimore City's Health Commissioner and failed surprisingly fast as Medical Director for Planned Parenthood, which bounced her out on the streets after a few months. Sometimes it takes ordinary people to see what the "experts" can't.
Thank you for the thoughtful analysis. It is very depressing to think that the weight stigma laden health care many of us have experienced is being lauded as best practice.
In my opinion this article should be published in WaPo as a rebuttal to the one this is about, and your prior article should be published in the NYT. Any chance you would consider submitting them, Ragen? These people need to have their CRAP publicly called out!
Thanks so much for the vote of confidence. My understanding is that the policy of WaPo and NYT is that they don't publish editorials discussing pieces that they published.
I see they have dropped the minimally honest claim that fatness is "linked to" or "correlated/associated with" health issues and aren't just outright lying that fatness is directly causal to all health problems. The fact they now have a pharma product they can make billions from regardless of how ineffective it might be and more billions treating any health problems caused by that product (while likely blaming it on weight as a perfect cover) has nothing to do with it, I'm sure.
Leana Wen is a tool with a deliberately curated resumé/career. I question her people skills and compassion. She failed as Baltimore City's Health Commissioner and failed surprisingly fast as Medical Director for Planned Parenthood, which bounced her out on the streets after a few months. Sometimes it takes ordinary people to see what the "experts" can't.
Thanks so much, I didn't dig deep into her career, this is helpful to know.
Thank you for the thoughtful analysis. It is very depressing to think that the weight stigma laden health care many of us have experienced is being lauded as best practice.
In my opinion this article should be published in WaPo as a rebuttal to the one this is about, and your prior article should be published in the NYT. Any chance you would consider submitting them, Ragen? These people need to have their CRAP publicly called out!
Thanks so much for the vote of confidence. My understanding is that the policy of WaPo and NYT is that they don't publish editorials discussing pieces that they published.
Great article. I have a serious love/hate relationship with Leana Wen’s work. What on earth did she get paid $1.2 million dollars for??
It came from Glaucos and UroGen. You can see it all at the link below. At the top where the box says "year" select "all"
https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/physician/1195235
Are outright lying,not aren't. Stupid autocorrect.