Why Is Emily Oster Suddenly Pro–Diet Culture?
Why Is Emily Oster Suddenly Pro–Diet Culture?
Plus, the links: anti-inflammatory diets, "nerdy dopamine pathways," surprisingly low levels of weight loss from GLP-1s, and more
Welcome to another installment of the Rethinking Wellness link roundup! Every other week, I’m offering a small collection 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 the takes/dives are about Emily Oster’s unexpected turn toward diet culture, and the surprisingly low levels of weight loss from GLP-1s in the real world.
Links
Here are some pieces that got me thinking in the past few weeks. I generally enjoyed all of these, but links are not endorsements of every single detail in the piece or everything the writer ever wrote.
The Weaponization of Pseudoscience: When "Diverse Viewpoints" Undermine Public Health (
))Are Some Children Really More Sensitive? Research Says Yes, But It Varies by Situation (by
for KQED)Do you have a “nerdy dopamine pathway”? (
via )Will an anti-inflammatory diet actually help my chronic pain? (
)In Case You Missed It
Escaping Diet and Wellness Culture with
Takes/Dives: Emily Oster’s Sudden Embrace of Diet Culture; GLP-1 Weight Loss Lower in Real World
What’s Up with Emily Oster?
I was shocked and saddened to hear Emily Oster’s new podcast episode on “childhood obesity” and wanted to get your take on it, since I know you’ve quoted her and linked to her work in the past. Is there some new science that changed her view, or what do you think happened?