Yet another study that shows that long term significant weight loss is not achievable for most people. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007448 When are they going to stop wasting money on this crap? And this time, the idea is to study the “effectiveness” of “high-intensity, lifestyle-based program for obesity treatment delivered in primary care clinics in which a high…
Famous pollsters Gallup need to get the fuck over themselves. Seriously. In the first two weeks of November they conducted their Health and Healthcare survey. The had responses from 1,015 random adults living in all 50 states and Washington DC. The results were that, in the past decade, there has been a marked increase in…
I swear (often – as you probably already know) – I get tired of seeing studies about weight loss that simply rehash the same old/same old. For example, here is a study about studies! Review of high-quality, follow-up studies of obesity treatments That, in and of itself, is not a bad thing. And I guess…
A recent study out of China, looking at medical records of 36,000 US patients, found that fat people who lose weight after age 47 increase their risk of early death by 30%. Weight Change Across Adulthood And they found gaining weight at middle age and later was not associated with an increase in mortality risk.…
You know how when a business gets such a bad reputation they change their name – thinking nobody will notice they are still the same awful company, just with a new name? Well, apparently somebody thinks that will work for weight loss surgery too. Imagine my surprise when reading about some fat science that weight…
How do you get funding for your research? Associate it with weight loss! No matter how tenuous the connection, no matter if your research already shows that it doesn’t work – more research is needed. You know what? I would love if being fat were a choice. But for most people it isn’t. Just like…
Okay. There’s a new “study” that says there is an association between exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) while sleeping and obesity. Sleeping with Night Light Associated with Weight Gain WTF? So, after reading an article about this study, I find the abstract. Abstract on Artificial Light at Night Exposure and Weight Gain And…
Fat people are more prone to heart attacks. Fat people have a better survival rate for heart attacks. A recent study shows that fat people have a decreased risk of in-hospital death following acute myocardial infarction (a heart attack), despite having other conditions like hypertension (high blood pressure), hyperlipidemia, and diabetes. Association between BMI and…
In the “No-Duh” department, a recent study found that kids (who were “at risk” of becoming fat) who experienced weight-based teasing ended up gaining more weight (33% greater gain in BMI) and body fat (91% gain) than their peers who did not experience weight-based teasing. Study article re study So for all you folks who…
Many fat people are told by healthcare professionals that we have to lose weight because we are going to die by 30 – by 40 – by 50. I mean, everyone knows there are no old fat people, right? Wrong. If there is no one else in your circle of family and friends who is…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 