There's no shortage of supplements, pills, procedures, and other weight loss "solutions" out there that claim to be an easy and sustainable way to "combat obesity" and lose weight for good, but the latest one going viral feels particularly insidious — and it's actually backed by health experts.
"We don't actually need a 'fix' for 'obesity,' whether a quick fix or a slow one," says Harrison. "What we need is to stop pathologizing higher weights altogether, and to look beyond weight at the factors that really matter for well-being, which are largely access to care, freedom from stigma and discrimination, having your basic economic needs met, and other social determinants of health. Those are so much more important for overall well-being than individual health behaviors."
Tossing medieval torture devices also sounds like a solid plan, too.
