Learn what evidence-based healthcare actually looks like and how to advocate effectively for proper medical care.
Discover how to provide weight-inclusive care that improves patient outcomes and reduces medical liability while challenging harmful biases in clinical practice.
Arm yourself with research that challenges weight-focused medicine and take your power back in the consultation room.
About This Book(let)
Jenny needs a new knee, but she's too fat to get one. This powerful exposé follows one woman's journey through a healthcare system that denies basic medical care based on body size. Combining compelling storytelling with evidence-based analysis, Dr. Asher Larmie reveals how weight stigma in medicine leads to delayed diagnoses, inadequate treatment, and preventable suffering. Essential reading for patients fighting for care and healthcare providers ready to do better.
Dr Asher Larmie
After twenty years as a weight-centric GP, I had to confront an uncomfortable truth: everything I'd been taught about weight and health was wrong. The evidence showed that focusing on body size rather than symptoms was harming patients, so I made the difficult decision to step away from clinical practice to fight this injustice full-time. Now I'm dedicated to creating a healthcare system where every body is treated with dignity and respect – because patients like Jenny deserve so much better than "just lose weight."
What people are saying
Healthcare providers and patients alike are recognizing the urgent need for change in how we approach weight and health
This is book is funky. This book is fresh and bold. This book is going to blow your mind several degrees off center!
Recent Recipient of a New Knee
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THANK YOU! I feel so seen! I'm NOT a statistic; I'm an individual who is in pain and all I'm being told is to starve myself... sorry, I mean, diet before surgery. They're saying, "let's make your body feel like there's a famine, then fuck up your stomach, and THEN we can fix your knee."
Fighting For Surgery
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I told a patient she needed to lose 200 pounds before she could get a knee replacement. I knew this wasn't possible and I knew it was wrong. My patients are just trying to play the game to get the healthcare they need, and I'm tired of it.
Healthcare Provider
This book is amazing. I want to buy, like, 847 copies to give to friends and send to doctors, nurses, physios, surgeons, other doctors, and hand out to strangers on the street!
Community Member
This is book is funky. This book is fresh and bold. This book is going to blow your mind several degrees off center!
Recent Recipient of a New Knee
I told a patient she needed to lose 200 pounds before she could get a knee replacement. I knew this wasn't possible and I knew it was wrong. My patients are just trying to play the game to get the healthcare they need, and I'm tired of it.
Healthcare Provider
THANK YOU! I feel so seen! I'm NOT a statistic; I'm an individual who is in pain and all I'm being told is to starve myself... sorry, I mean, diet before surgery. They're saying, "let's make your body feel like there's a famine, then fuck up your stomach, and THEN we can fix your knee."
Fighting For Surgery
This book is amazing. I want to buy, like, 847 copies to give to friends and send to doctors, nurses, physios, surgeons, other doctors, and hand out to strangers on the street!
Community Member
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