Does Size Matter (When It Comes To Health) Ft. Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford

Good Bodies

Betches

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Nutrition

4.4 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Aleen and Sami are joined by Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, obesity medicine doctor and health policy expert from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. They start by talking about how she got into obesity medicine, both as a researcher and practitioner, and just how new the field really is. They discuss the definition of obesity, whether or not BMI is a useful measurement, and why it’s important where you’re carrying weight on your body. Next, they talk about the ‘health at every size’ movement, and what the medical evidence tells us about the level of control we actually have over our own bodyweight. Plus, they discuss the gaps in our healthcare that are influenced by race, income, and opportunity, and just how hard it is to see those gaps when they’re right in front of you. Finally, they finish out the show with their Non Scale Wins, leading to conversation about not stressing over bikini season. Thanks to our sponsors: Future Fitness: Sign up for Future today at tryfuture.com/dst and get your first two weeks with your personal trainer for just $1! Nextdoor: Nextdoor is THE hub for everything happening in your neighborhood. Go to Nextdoor.com/DST to sign up and see what’s happening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.5	Hello, welcome to Diet Stars Tomorrow. I'm Eileen. I'm Sammy. And today we are joined by an
1:06.0	incredibly special guest, Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford. Guys ready? MD, MPH, MPA, F-A-P-F-A-C-P-F-A-H-A-F-T-O-S.
1:18.8	Dr. Stanford is an obesity medicine physician, scientist, educator, and policymaker at Massachusetts
1:24.4	General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She also lectures at Brown and teaches med students
1:29.2	at Harvard. Hello, and welcome. Well, thanks for having me. It's an absolute delight to be here today
1:34.8	with both of you. We're just we're the most accomplished person we ever had on this podcast. Like,
1:41.2	I cannot even begin to fathom where I'm much taller than you have. Yeah, we're honest. That is so sweet.
1:47.2	You guys are the best. And love it. This is this is what I need to fuel me through the rest of the day
1:51.4	as I conquer the world, right? Yeah, we're honored that you made the time, made the time to come
1:57.9	talk to us just for a little. So thank you so so much. Did I get all of that right? You did. I
2:03.3	guess, you know, I guess what I can do is explain it to people because people are kind of like,
2:06.6	what is all of that? Absolutely. So obviously I'm a physician. So the MD is the easiest part, I think,
2:11.9	to understand. I completed my master's in public health 19 years ago. So it shows you that I'm older
2:17.5	than I appear. And that was in health policy management. My master's in public administration was
2:22.2	from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and government. I'm currently working on my MBA,
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