No, liberals shouldn’t celebrate RFK’s efforts to regulate “Big Food.”
Plus, the links: Pharma-industry influence on GLP-1 guidelines for teens, blurred lines between wellness and medical tech, and more.
Welcome to another installment of the Rethinking Wellness link roundup! Twice a month I share a small selection of links from around the internet that are relevant to the conversations we have here, along with some quick takes and occasional deeper dives for paid subscribers.
This time my quick take is on why liberals (or people of any political stripe, for that matter) shouldn’t celebrate RFK’s efforts to regulate “Big Food.”
Links
Here are some pieces that got me thinking in the past few weeks. I found value in all of these, but links are not endorsements of every single detail in the piece or everything the writer ever wrote.
The dangerously blurry line between wellness and medical tech (The Verge)
Is everyone online mad at me? (kate lindsay)
Why Feeling Like a Victim Makes You Susceptible to Conspiracy Theories (Matthew Facciani)
Research replication can determine how well science is working – but how do scientists replicate studies? (The Conversation)
Study of GLP-1 guidelines for teens points to potential for influence from drugmakers (STAT)
Related: Caution is prescribed for American Academy of Paediatrics’ guidelines on weight loss medications for childhood obesity (BMJ)
Related: Ozempic Maker’s Stock Plunges 20% After Profit Warning (NYT)
