The Fat Doctor Podcast You Deserve Better: The Fat Doctor's Reassurance on Your Right To Healthcare
Oct 1, 2025
In a world where patients often feel dismissed, it's crucial to reaffirm that everybody deserves compassionate care, regardless of size. Doctors must listen and validate experiences without defaulting to weight loss as a solution. Patients can legally refuse to be weighed or engage in weight discussions. The podcast also sheds light on research showing systemic biases in how fat patients are treated. With powerful tools and advocacy tools, listeners are reminded that the fight for respectful healthcare is both necessary and achievable.
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Deserving Listening, Belief, And Validation
- You deserve healthcare that listens, believes, and validates you regardless of size.
- A clinician who examines you without bias is a basic patient right.
Insist On Respectful Physical Exams
- Seek clinicians who will examine you gently and competently rather than avoid touching you.
- If a practitioner visibly recoils, consider finding someone else who provides safe, respectful physical exams.
Weight Blame Is Lazy Medicine
- Defaulting to weight-loss explanations is lazy medicine and avoids clinical thinking.
- Doctors are trained to diagnose and must use that training rather than blame size.