Research questions the relationship between weight and health issues
Jun 07, 2025•5 min
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Episode description
In the past we’ve talked about how the health issues that get blamed on being higher-weight may actually be due to weight stigma and/or weight cycling and/or healthcare inequalities. Recently reader Conner let me know what this 2021 study whose bottom line finding was “adverse consequences currently attributed to ob*sity could be attributed to hyperinsulinemia (or another proximate factor.”
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