If it's a genetic disease, well then she can't do anything, right?

She just has to take the medication, but she can sit on the couch and eat all the foods that she wants.

And there's no solution for that.

There's nothing that she can actually do because the medication is the first and primary mode of treatment.

So I'm just going to call bullshit here, okay?

I'm all for getting people out of the obese category, right?

Like, you are much better not obese than you are.

However, this idea that obesity is a genetic first disease is not only preposterous.

It's also insulting.

Hello, hello, my friends.

Welcome back to another episode of Better with Dr. Stephanie.

It's me, your host, Dr. Stephanie Estima.

And this month's episode, the solo episode where it's just you and me, I wanted to talk a

little bit about something I've been thinking about deeply lately. It's actually

something that's been bothering me. And so I've been thinking about it a little bit. I've been working

to articulate my thoughts on it. And I'm ready to share it with you. But it has to do with weight loss,

fat loss, body composition, and the relationship to genetics. And I've been

seeing this more and more online lately, many endocrinologists, many doctors who are sort of dabbling

in the lifestyle medicine space. And I use, if you're

listening to this and you're not watching the video like lifestyle air quotes, lifestyle medicine

usually means a medical doctor who prescribes OZempic. I say that tongue and cheek, of course,

but it does seem that there is this push from that camp

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