Obesity 
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SOURCE: AMA Journal of Ethics
7/10/2023
The Body Mass Index Grew out of White Supremacy, Eugenics and Anti-Blackness
by Sabrina Strings
Beneath the statistical and scientific imprimatur of the measurement lie a host of assumptions that the bodies of affluent white people are normal and those of others are deviant and deficient.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
7/11/2023
Ozempic is the Latest Vain Pursuit of a Scientific Solution to Addiction
by Simon Torracinta
Now that the diabetes drug has been used off-label to suppress appetite, scientists are speculating about its use to suppress neurological aspects of addictive behavior. History suggests this is misguided.
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