In this episode of The Muscle Memoirs Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Emily Dhurandhar to discuss her recent publication on normal weight obesity along with a couple of topics related to the diet industry. Dr. Emily Dhurandhar received her PhD in Human Nutrition at Louisiana State University. She was an assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2014 to 2016 and then at Texas Tech University from 2016 to 2020. She transitioned to an industry position as Chief Scientific Officer of Obthera in August 2020. References https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34007010/ Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 07:35 What is normal weight obesity? 09:20 Factors associated with normal weight obesity 13:15 Current prevalence of normal weight obesity 18:25 Future research 22:21 What do HAES advocates get right? 37:45 Weight loss maintenance 41:20 The power of innovation for obesity treatment Sign-up for virtual nutrition counseling and personal training hammerawayfitness.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hammerawayfitness/You can follow and support Emily at https://twitter.com/EmilyDhurandharhttps://obthera.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themusclememoirs)