Maintenance Phase
Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes
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MAR 14, 2023
The Instagram Fiber Feud
Aubrey tells Mike about the diet that took over New York City (and its bathrooms).
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- F-Factor drama timeline
- What Is the F-Factor Diet, and Is it Safe?
- Tanya Zuckerbrot Sets a Weight-Loss Example
- What Is the F-Factor Diet? Here’s What You Need to Know
- F-Factor Under Fire After TONS Of Women Come Forward
- Tanya Zuckerbrot and an Instagram Crusade Against the F-Factor Diet
- Dietary fiber and health outcomes: an umbrella review
- Closing America’s Fiber Intake Gap
- F-Factor has sent legal threats and deleted Instagram comments
- F-Factor Diet Allegations: What Dietitians Want You To Know
- Correcting the Record
- Unpacking the F-Factor Diet Drama
- Insider rundown of symptoms
- Tanya Zuckerbrot addresses health concerns
- Insider rundown of workplace issues
- Tanya Zuckerbrot Files Lawsuit Over F-Factor Diet Criticism on Instagram
- Tanya Zuckerbrot sues Emily Gellis in new defamation suit
- In a Lawsuit, Eight Women Claim the F-Factor Diet Made Them Sick
- Submit concerns to F-Factor
Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!
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46 MIN
FEB 28, 2023
Doctors Have a New Plan for Fat Kids
Last month the American Academy of Pediatrics released a new set of guidelines for "childhood obesity." We have some comments.
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- The 2023 American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines
- The 2007 guidelines
- Pros and cons of bariatric surgery in adolescents
- Serious Issues With the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines For Higher-Weight Children and Adolescents
- Semaglutide treatment for obesity in teenagers: a plain language summary of the STEP TEENS research study
- Patients’ views of long-term results of bariatric surgery for super-obesity: sustained effects, but continuing struggles
- Long-Term Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery
- Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery
74 MIN
FEB 14, 2023
Elizabeth Taylor's "Elizabeth Takes Off"
History should make you feel weird and so, apparently, should diet books.
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- Elizabeth Takes Off
- Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Taylor
- Elizabeth Taylor: Diet Tips on How to Become a Size 6
- Just Look at Her Now
- Elizabeth Taylor: Born to the Purple
- Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Interview
- Elizabeth Taylor’s Glorious Excess
- Elizabeth Taylor’s Astonishing Health History
- Elizabeth Taylor’s Cook Not To Blame
58 MIN
JAN 3, 2023
“Glorifying Obesity” And Other Myths About Fat People
This week, we're talking about Aubrey's new book, "'You Just Need To Lose Weight' and 19 Other Myths About Fat People." And we're yelling about Piers Morgan as a little treat.
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- Hear bonus episodes on Patreon
- Donate on PayPal
- Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more
- Buy Aubrey's new book
- Listen to Mike's new podcast
Preorder Aubrey's book at your favorite bookstore or here:
- Bookshop.org
- Powell's Books
- Blackstone Books
- Black Pearl Books
- Amazon
- Barnes & Noble
- Book Depository
- Audible (audiobook)
- Libro.fm (audiobook)
49 MIN
DEC 20, 2022
Workplace Wellness
Charging disabled people more for health care is illegal. But what about ... charging non-disabled people less?
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- A Review of the U.S. Workplace Wellness Market
- "Wellness" Based Healthcare is a Scam
- 2013 Rand Report
- Workplace Wellness Produces No Savings\
- Workplace Wellbeing Is a Scam
- Employers should disband employee weight control programs
- Using Incentives in Workplace Wellness Programs
- Coerced into Health
- Current Trends in Reducing Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the US
- The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight
- Managing Manifest Diseases, But Not Health Risks, Saved PepsiCo Money Over Seven Years
- The Dubious Empirical and Legal Foundations of Workplace Wellness Programs
- Toward A Critical Theory of Corporate Wellness
- The development and growth of employer-provided health insurance
- The Ideological Construction Of Risk
- Wellness Incentives In The Workplace
- A Fatter Butt Equals a Skinnier Wallet
- The Outcomes, Economics, and Ethics of the Workplace Wellness Industry
- What’s Bad about Wellness?
72 MIN