Hi everybody and welcome to maintenance phase, the podcast that's just concerned about your

health!

Oh my god!

We're in your mentions on Instagram.

You're glorifying it.

That one really lived or died by the line reading and I feel pleased with how it turned out

if I'm honest.

I'm Aubrey Gordon.

I'm Michael Hobbs.

This month by astonishingly popular request, our bonus episode for Patreon patrons at every

level is the HBO Max documentary miniseries The Way Down.

Yes.

I have been told that I have very disappointing opinions on this matter.

So enjoy those.

And today we are talking about is being fat bad for you.

I'm both very excited for this to get the Michael Hobbs like terrier digging through a million

facts kind of treatment.

I am also nervous about it because this is the kind of thing that people with profound

anti-fat bias use against fat people all the time.

Any time you open up this conversation it's like opening up Pandora's fucking box for

fat people.

But this little intro is so telling I think because the way that fat people and thin people

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