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Dr Gad Saad: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense - Ask Dr. Drew - Episode 33

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Are You Obese? Is That Really What You Should Be Studying in Universities?

There's a whole movement called the fact acceptance movement, which basically says that arguing that you are obese is a construct. So when you are no longer able to agree that all other things equal being morbidly obese is not really a good trajectory, is that really what we should be studying in universities? It's insane. Well, it's more of a moral ethical questions for physicians. If you're going to harm people by not bringing something up, you have to really think about this. And I'm sympathetic to the fat shaming and all of it. There's something called the obesity paradox that people at obese tend to live a little longer than the average. so there's things to be discussed

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