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Jan 2022
1h 11m

Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

Earwolf & Jameela Jamil
About this episode

Maintenance Phase hosts Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes join Jameela this week to discuss why the BMI is bunk, how we clinically don't have a non-surgical weight loss method and how that should inform our medical health conversations, how as a society we blame fat people instead of helping people live healthier lives, why we shouldn't lecture people on their diets, and more. 


 

You can listen to Aubrey & Michael on their podcast - The Maintenance Phase - wherever you get your podcasts

You can follow Aubrey Gordon on Instagram and Twitter@yrfatfriend 

You can follow Michael Hobbes on Twitter@rottenindenmark
 


 

You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website. 

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Jameela is on Instagram and Twitter @Jameelajamil 

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