{"podcast":{"title":"Weight and Healthcare","slug":"weight-and-healthcare-6448206","podcast_index_feed_id":6448206,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/534306.rss","website_url":"https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/534306/d3bfb50ee90fbbc45ca780a53f1e69d8.jpg","author":"with Ragen Chastain","episode_count":287,"summary":"Examining weight science, weight stigma, and what evidence, ethics, and lived experience teach us about best healthcare practices and public health for higher weight people.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T16:19:30.431958+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weight-and-healthcare-6448206"},"episode":{"title":"Exposing Weight Loss Industry Legislation - Part 1","slug":"exposing-weight-loss-industry-legislation-part-1","published_at":"2026-04-01T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weight-and-healthcare-6448206/exposing-weight-loss-industry-legislation-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weight-and-healthcare-6448206","url":"https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/exposing-weight-loss-industry-legislation","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191339114/605bf966cde47db2faceafe70df3643e.mp3","summary":"A bill in support of weight loss interventions, particularly GLP-1 diet drugs, has passed the Colorado state legislature and been signed into law. Very similar bills are being pushed by the weight loss industry (and their astroturf “patient-advocacy” groups, particularly the “Ob*sity Action Coalition ”) in individual states and federally with the goal of increasing insurance coverage (and through that the market, and through that the profits) for weight loss drugs and other weight loss interventions. I’m going to go through the bill bit by bit as it relates to weight science, weight stigma, healthcare, and areas that suggest weight loss industry influence. Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"A bill in support of weight loss interventions, particularly GLP-1 diet drugs, has passed the Colorado state legislature and been signed into law. Very si…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1039,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/weight-and-healthcare-6448206/episodes/exposing-weight-loss-industry-legislation-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weight-and-healthcare-6448206/exposing-weight-loss-industry-legislation-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}