The Fat Doctor Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever find yourself apologising for what you say before you say it? We've been conditioned not to get upset or rock the boat or challenge authority so that the people in power can stay in power. They feed us a kernel of truth hidden in a bucket of sh*t and expect us to swallow it. I, for one, am done eating sh*t. Join me this week as I challenge seven widely held beliefs that are designed to keep us from learning and sharing the truth about weight and healthcare. 📖Buy my book: https://mybook.to/noweigh 💫Join The No Weigh Movement: https://www.noweigh.org/ 🫂Join a community where authenticity thrives and every voice matters: https://www.fatdoctor.co.uk/the-weighting-room/ 💪For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey, book a consultation: https://www.fatdoctor.co.uk/consultations/ 📜Let me do all the work for you with the complete package for people being denied surgery because of their weight: https://www.fatdoctor.co.uk/accessing-surgery/ Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know in the comments 👇 Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail Should healthcare be a basic human right or a private enterprise? All my life, I worked for the National Health Service, the so-called beacon of socialist medicine. Make no mistake, the NHS is a capitalist employer that could give Amazon a run for its money. It is controlled by the private sector and big pharma, and it is rotten at its very core. The ruling class wrote the rules that operates under long before it was formed and the ruling class will be the cause of its downfall. In these week's episode, we examine what it would take for healthcare to deliver on its promise, and whether it's all just wishful thinking. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail CW: Child abuse, death or a parent, emotional trauma Growing up with a narcissistic father has given me some insight in how to manage people in power who have a heightened sense of self importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a profound lack of empathy. I've become an expert in managing men who are entitled and expect everyone to agree with them. If you think that sounds familiar, then maybe you grew up with a narcissistic parent. Either that, or you've been to see the doctor. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail Success is a loaded term. It comes with expectations and targets. It's measured and tracked and is closely tied with a person's worth. Not just their self worth, either. Society isn't interested in the film that doesn't get watched or the book that doesn't get read. They get tossed to one side, relegated to the bottom of the pile, and ignored for the most part. It's easy to get caught up in the benchmarks of success, but what happens when we start creating for the sake of creating? What happens when we make art or create content because we feel inspired to and not worry so much about what comes after? Abandoning all hope of success doesn't mean giving up. It means letting go of the standards set by other people and finding value in yourself and what you produce. My Joints Hurt: A Practical Guide to Navigating Healthcare in a Fat Body is available to purchase on Amazon or read on Kindle Unlimited. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail I pride myself on being a fat person who isn't afraid to take up space. But the more you take up space, the more people will take issue with it. Especially if you're visibly different — Fat, Trans, Queer, Neurodivergent. So I suffered a few setbacks over the past few years and I learned that if I don't censor or filter myself, chances are I would be punished and my words would be used against me. I learned there is a "right way" to do social justice, and if that means hiding parts of myself, then it's worth it for the greater good. Turns out that faking it doesn't work out much better, and liberation can only come when people are free to be themselves. Sounds pretty obvious when you say it out loud, but this wasn't an easy lesson for me to learn. Join me this week as I start taking up space my way, in spite of the potential future backlash. Don't forget that My Joints Hurt: A Practical Guide to Navigating Healthcare in a Fat Body is available to purchase on Amazon or read on Kindle Unlimited. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail Everything you've been told about weight loss is a lie. We can sum up the driving force behind all of these lies in two simple words: racial capitalism. It is the reason fat people are both hated and exploited in equal measure. In this episode, I argue that putting an end to medical weight stigma requires us to do away with racial capitalism, and the people in power will never allow that to happen. That doesn't mean we should give up – it means it's time to start getting creative. Once you stop hoping for the impossible, you can start dreaming about what's actually possible. Get your copy of My Joints Hurt: A Practical Guide To Navigating Healthcare In a Fat Body Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail Asher's 10 rules for how to stop being nice: 1. Stop following the rules that were designed to make you smaller or disappear altogether. 2. Don’t worry about being cancelled. 3. Don’t waste time trying to be agreeable. Don’t modify your tone. Don’t fix your face. Don’t smile more. 4. Skip the small talk: say what you mean and mean what you say. 5. Remember that you’re pretty fucking great, actually (no matter what you were told growing up). 6. Stop apologising when people don’t like something you say or do. Only apologise when you’ve done something wrong. 7. Abandon all hope of success. 8. Accept the fact that no matter how hard you try, you are going to fuck up sometimes – and that’s OK. 9. When they go low, feel free to go lower (they started it) 10. Embrace being nasty. You’re blunt, rude, messy and disagreeable – be proud of that. Get your copy of My Joints Hurt: A Practical Guide To Navigating Healthcare In a Fat Body Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail When your blood tests come back normal and your doctor sends you on your way, that's not a diagnosis – that's a dismissal. In this episode, I follow Priya, a self-employed autistic woman in her late 30s whose 18 months of worsening fatigue, hair loss, skin changes, and irregular periods have been met with advice to exercise more and download a mindfulness app. I walk you through why "normal bloods" and "everything's fine" are not the same thing, which conditions are routinely missed in fat patients, and what it actually looks like when a doctor does their job properly. Because basic care isn't heroics. It's just medicine. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail Fat patients with chronic pain are routinely sent away with a weight loss lecture. No examination, no blood tests, no referrals. In this episode, I introduce Suki, a teacher and mother whose two years of worsening hip and back pain have been dismissed at every turn, while her thinner colleagues walk away with physiotherapy and x-rays. I break down exactly what conditions get missed, why weight stigma is a clinical shortcut that the system is designed to profit from, and (most importantly) what to say in the room to finally get the care you deserve. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail Weight stigma doesn't just happen inside the consultation room: it keeps fat people out of it entirely. In this episode, you'll meet Ren. Ren hasn't seen their GP in eighteen months, not out of laziness or neglect, but because the last appointment cost far more than it was worth. I make the case that medical avoidance is a completely rational response to a system designed to punish fat bodies. The resulting missed diagnoses, untreated conditions, and compounding health consequences aren't a fat problem, they're a doctor problem. But this episode isn't just about what's broken. It's about what you can actually do right now: how to walk into that appointment armed with your rights, set your own agenda, and reclaim the power that was always yours to begin with. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail For 20 years, I prescribed weight loss without question at the same time as I was experiencing weight stigma myself as a fat doctor in a fatphobic system. In this special live episode, I'm launching my book No Weigh! Everything You've Been Told About Weight Loss Is A Lie , and sharing exactly what's in it: the lies, the money, the harm, and the tools fat people need to fight back. This isn't a book about fixing yourself. It's a book about reclaiming your power. Don't forget to order your copy today and make No Weigh! a bestselling diet book. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail The pharmaceutical industry didn't just create a weight loss drug — it created a world in which you cannot escape it. In this episode, I trace Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly's systematic strategy to buy the guidelines, bribe the charities, train the doctors, and lobby the politicians — and I show you exactly how they copied it from the people who gave us the opioid crisis. This isn't conspiracy theory. It's a paper trail. And once you see it, you cannot unsee it. Pre-order your copy of No Weigh! here Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail GLP-1s are being prescribed for everything from arthritis to sleep apnea to low testosterone — with almost no evidence they treat any of it. In this episode, I expose the industry-funded research underpinning the semaglutide gold rush, the risks nobody's talking about (including one that affected a quarter of participants in the study used to license the highest dose), and the logical fallacy that's driving doctors to reach for Ozempic no matter what's wrong with you. You deserve to know the truth before you pick up that pen. Pre-order your copy of No Weigh! here Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail The marriage between diabetes and ob*sity is nothing more than a PR stunt dressed up as medicine — and it's been running for 25 years. In this episode, I expose how the pharmaceutical industry invented a fictional condition called prediabetes to create a market of 115 million Americans, and then quietly funded the guidelines that put weight loss at the top of the treatment agenda. This one's personal: I have diabetes and I'm done carrying the shame they built for us. My book, No Weigh: Everything You've Been Told About Weight Loss Is a Lie, is now available to preorder. Be sure to get your hands on a copy . Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail CW: Fertility treatment, organ donation, BMI based surgical denial Fat people are being denied fertility treatment without evidence to support it, denied organ transplants they would benefit from, and in some cases denied the chance to save a loved one's life. This episode examines the guidelines behind these decisions — and finds them cruel, discriminatory, and scientifically indefensible. This is not just bad doctors. This is bad medicine. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail Your doctors told you that losing weight would help you live longer, improve your numbers, and protect you from serious illness. It was a lie, and it goes deeper than weight loss. In this episode, I break down why the "ob*sity reduces life expectancy" claim is built on bad maths, why fat may actually protect your health, and why the blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol targets your doctor is chasing have never been shown to prevent the outcomes they're supposed to prevent. Drug companies set the targets. You pay the price. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail Your lived experience is real. You lost weight, your health improved, and I'm not calling you a liar. But I'm still going to tell you that weight loss didn't cause it. In this episode, I get into the post-hoc fallacy, the neuroscience of the placebo effect, and why weight loss is the perfect storm for a powerful — but ultimately unsustainable — placebo response. The benefits are slim to nil. The risks are well documented. And there are always other options. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail Doctors are prescribing eating disorders to fat patients — not by accident, not in spite of the guidelines, but because of them. In this episode, I bring the clinical evidence to back up what the fat community has known for years: that severe dieting causes eating disorders, that eating disorders look nothing like the stereotype, and that fat people with eating disorders are being failed at every stage — dismissed, gaslit, and denied treatment. If you've been told to lose weight by a healthcare professional, you have the right to ask them why they're willing to put you at risk. This is the data. These are the receipts. A selection of studies to start you off: Peebles, Rebecka et al. “Are diagnostic criteria for eating disorders markers of medical severity?.” Pediatrics vol. 125,5 (2010): e1193-201. doi:10.1542/peds.2008-1777 Sawyer, Susan M et al. “Physical and Psychological Morbidity in Adolescents With Atypical Anorexia Nervosa.” Pediatrics vol. 137,4 (2016): e20154080. doi:10.1542/peds.2015-4080 Moskowitz, L., & Weiselberg, E. (2017). "Anorexia nervosa/atypical anorexia nervosa." Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, 47(4), 70-84. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail In 1944, a group of healthy young men volunteered to be starved in the name of science. What happened to them — physically, psychologically, and socially — is one of the most important pieces of evidence we have about what dieting actually does to the human body. Evidence that has been ignored for 80 years. This week, I break down the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, asks why medicine continues to prescribe a treatment it knows causes harm, and make the case that forcing fat people to diet isn't medical care — it's cruel and unusual punishment. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .

Send us Fan Mail Cancer Research UK calls being fat the second biggest cause of cancer in the UK. It's a claim built on manipulated statistics, false assumptions, and funding from the weight loss industry - and it's actively killing people. In this episode, I show why the evidence for weight and cancer doesn't come close to the evidence for smoking, why population attributable fractions are a chocolate teapot, and why the breast cancer data is far more complicated than anyone is letting on. If you've ever been told your cancer risk is your own fault, this one's for you. The study on weight stigma as a barrier to cancer screening: Amy NK, Aalborg A, Lyons P, Keranen L. Barriers to routine gynecological cancer screening for White and African-American obese women. Int J Obes. 2006;30(1):147-155. Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know ! Connect With Me BUY THE BOOK : Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT : Get a free script when you sign up THE WEIGHTING ROOM : Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. BOOK A CONSULTATION : For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY : Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it FREE GUIDES :Evidence-based, not diet nonsense Find me on Instagram , YouTube , and LinkedIn .