Discover what the obesity paradox reveals about the hidden biases shaping weight and health research, and learn about the research that doesn’t make the news.

Cross-culturally, conditions and situations that are outside the norm are often viewed as social problems, and social control is often seen as the solution. These days, our culture views fat individuals as not normal, not okay. Medicalization was the inevitable result.

Oprah lost weight, regained it, tried again—and then bought Weight Watchers. A rant about diet culture, shame, and the relentless pursuit of becoming smaller.