By Louise D Metz MD With National Eating Disorders Awareness Week upon us, this is a good time to dispel misconceptions about eating disorders. There are many common stereotypes about eating disorders. When we think about people with eating disorders, many imagine a cisgender white woman in a thin body, which is how eating…
By Louise D. Metz MD “What about the joints? Isn’t knee arthritis caused by higher weights and doesn’t it improve with weight loss?” This is one of the most common questions that I hear when discussing the evidence behind weight-inclusive medical care with healthcare providers, patients, and friends. Many people have a difficult time thinking…
By Louise D Metz, MD What vitamins and supplements should I take? This is a question that we hear a lot from our patients. Many are already taking multiple supplements and want to know if they should continue. According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 49% of adults in the U.S.…
By Louise D. Metz, MD In medical school, we were taught a multitude of mnemonics to help us memorize lists related to basic science and clinical care. One of those mnemonics was the 5 F’s, a list of risk factors for the development of gallstone disease: “Female, Fertile, Fat, Fair, and Forty”. If a patient…
By Louise D. Metz M.D. Earlier this month, I was bombarded with multiple medical news emails, a radio news story, and multiple online news articles about a study purporting to show rising cancer rates in young people due to “obesity”. Here are a couple of the many headlines: “Obesity linked to higher cancer rates…