Clinical O*esity Part 4: Pharma’s Trojan Horse
I've emerged from the isolation tank, prepared to dive back in to our final chapter on The Lancet's PR piece. This is Part 4 of the series: click on the links to read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. It's a long read, and full of truly awful fat phobia: please read with...
Clinical O*esity Part 3: Beefing Up The BMI
Thanks for bearing with me as we trawl through the seemingly endless Lancet Commission on 'clinical o*esity'. Click here to read Parts 1 and 2.Please be advised that the following post contains multiple meat-puns, which may be triggering to vegetarians/the squeamish....
Clinical O*esity Part 2: The Spin Doctors Who Murdered Science
Welcome to Part 2 of our probe into the Lancet paper defining ‘clinical o*esity.’ If you haven’t read Part 1 you can do so here - it’ll make much more sense. For more than two decades I've been wading through the stench-swamp of o*esity research, unmasking the...
Clinical O*esity Part 1: The End of BMI?
Since the 1990's, the weight loss industry has been pushing to have 'o*esity*' classified as a disease. This is the Holy Grail for pharmaceutical companies, because disease status opens the door to government and insurance subsidies, ensuring a steady pipeline of...
Risky Business Part 3: Novo Nordisk Care About Health (Unless You’re Poor)
I'm back with some sterling examples of how Novo Nordisk genuinely care about human health. If you haven't already, please read Parts 1 and 2 of Risky Business, for a deep dive into Novo's clever glow-up of their weight loss drugs as cardiovascular lifesavers. In...
In The Age Of Ozempic, Have We Lost The Ethical Plot?
The current hype about weight loss drugs is inescapable, and media coverage is worryingly - and consistently - uncritical. I recently came across this article on the ABC news website: ‘Doctors weigh societal costs of using obesity drugs to treat obesity crisis.’ But...
