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Mar 2021
55m 30s

Eating Disorders

AUBREY GORDON & MICHAEL HOBBES
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Fat people have them too! This week, special guest Erin Harrop tells us about one of America's most under-diagnosed and misunderstood problems. Along the way we talk about elbow bumps, Twitter etiquette and '90s sweatpants. Our content warnings are becoming increasingly threatening. Here's Erin's faculty page and a bunch of her research! Support us: Subsc ... Show More
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