{"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":"Healthcare's Weight Loss Best Case Scenario Problem Part 2 - GLP-1s","slug":"healthcare-s-weight-loss-best-case-scenario-problem-part-2-glp-1s","published_at":"2026-02-21T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weight-and-healthcare-6448206/healthcare-s-weight-loss-best-case-scenario-problem-part-2-glp-1s","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weight-and-healthcare-6448206","url":"https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/healthcares-weight-loss-best-case-df9","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/187363267/52e4e8866e050023702b37a810cd5bba.mp3","summary":"In part 1 we discussed the issues with the decades-long practice of healthcare providers prescribing behavior-based weight loss not based on the evidence (which shows that the vast majority of patients will lose weight short-term and then regain it long-term) but on the belief/hope that every one of their patients will experience the very rare “Best Case Scenario” of significant, sustained weight loss. Today we’re going to talk about how the new GLP-1 weight loss drugs are taking this problem to new lows. Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"In part 1 we discussed the issues with the decades-long practice of healthcare providers prescribing behavior-based weight loss not based on the evidence…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":433,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/weight-and-healthcare-6448206/episodes/healthcare-s-weight-loss-best-case-scenario-problem-part-2-glp-1s/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/healthcare-s-weight-loss-best-case-scenario-problem-part-2-glp-1s.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}