# Healthcare's Weight Loss Best Case Scenario Problem Part 1 - The Basics

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Podcast: [Weight and Healthcare](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weight-and-healthcare-6448206)
Published: 2026-02-18T18:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/healthcares-weight-loss-best-case
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## Resource

When it comes to recommending weight loss, healthcare has always had what I call a Best Case Scenario Problem. I think the best way for patients to protect ourselves from this is to understand it so that we can spot it when it’s happening so in Part 1 I’ll examine how this works (in the past and currently) around behavior-based interventions and then in part 2 we’ll look at how GLP-1s are driving an increase in this problem and creating even more harm and what we can do if this problem happens to us. Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe

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