A Look at New Weight Loss Meds and Weight Related Stigma 2022-01-13
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A Look at New Weight Loss Meds and Weight Related Stigma: The Takeaway spoke with Emma Court, health reporter at Bloomberg News about this new class of weight loss drugs. And maybe you’ve noticed there is more than a little fat-shaming going on around Covid-19, obesity, and mortality. We also spoke about this with Paula Atkinson, a body liberation psychotherapist and professor at George Washington University, where she teach a course about body justice called Weight and Society. Masking 101: The Takeaway spoke to Dr. Lisa  Maragakis, Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Senior Director of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention with the Johns Hopkins Health System, about the latest on masking, which masks are most effective, and more. Why Some Star Athletes Refuse The Vaccine And Get Away With It: We speak with sportswriter Kavitha Davidson about why this mentality from these players matters in the sports world and beyond. Navarro is Back on the Mat for Season 2 of Cheer: We speak with the director and executive producer of Cheer, Greg Whiteley, about what to expect this season and why the docuseries has us all cheering for the cheerlebrities of Navarro. For transcripts, see individual segment pages.
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