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Former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to share her thoughts on President Biden expressing regret for referring to Laken Riley's accused killer as an illegal immigrant during his State of the Union address. Jimmy explains why this reversal is just the latest example of how our current president isn't the one calling the shots in Washington D.C. right now. PLUS, host of Outkick's “Tomi Lahren is Fearless” Tomi Lahren slams the Hollywood elitists who decided to get political during the Academy Awards. [00:00:00] Biden apologizes for calling Laken Riley's accused killer an “illegal” [00:38:35] Kimmel gets political during the Oscars [00:57:08] Tudor Dixon [01:15:22] More Biden gaffes on the campaign trail [01:33:50] Tomi Lahren Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump's latest speech in New Hampshire where he appears to be deeply unwell. Go to https://boncharge.com/meidas and use coupon code MEIDAS to save 15% Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown Lights On with Jessica Denson: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/lights-on-with-jessica-denson On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many believers have symptoms that the church urgently needs to address. We cannot hope that these problems will solve themselves. We all must work together to be there for one another, placing our desires and opinions before God, crucifying our flesh, doing our best to enter the unity of the faith. Here are 6 serious problems we all need to consider today.

Seasoned P2P fundraisers, especially those working in the world of in-person events, recognize the tremendous significance of a highly engaged and goal-oriented volunteer committee. These dedicated individuals play a pivotal role in recruiting our teams, fostering connections with sponsors, and assisting in the seamless execution of event day logistics.However, when it comes to digital-first P2P fundraising campaigns, the idea of empowering volunteer leadership is often overlooked. Many organizations tend to view these fundraisers as independent, do-it-yourself (DIY) initiatives, with limited connection among them.So what would happen if we applied our best practices for working with local volunteer leaders to our digital-first campaigns? Local ambassadors can not only extend the campaign's reach but also enhance its authenticity, foster a sense of community and strengthen the overall impact.On our Season 1 finale, P2PPF's Marcie Maxwell sits down with Brittany Veneris, US Director of Fundraising for Movember, one of the peer-to-peer industry's most unique fundraisers.  Together, we'll discuss how Movember has built a global network of community ambassadors to drive its annual peer-to-peer fundraising campaign.  Brittany shares how the simple idea of a mustache-growing contest has grown into a global men's health movement, raising more than $1B in the past 20 years.In today's episode, we'll also explore: How Movember strikes a balance between its fun marketing person with its serious mission Setting goals and expectations with volunteer fundraisers Unique messaging strategies to engage male fundraisers  Mentioned LinksMovemberOn Social: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube &Twitter/XStay Connected on LinkedInConnect with BrittanyConnect with MarcieConnect with the Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum (00:00) - Welcome to The P2P Soap Box (04:14) - It's Movember! (10:43) - Balancing Fun with Serious Issues (12:02) - Building Off the Digital Community (21:28) - Gender in P2P Fundraising (27:52) - Pandemic Lessons (31:22) - Learn More

What You'll Hear In This Episode:- Communication differences surrounding certain phrases, such as “I need time alone” and "we need to talk"- Clarifying the meaning of commitment with each partner- Asking specific questions to understand expectations and intentions- Regular communication and clarification to avoid misunderstandings- Importance of discussing expectations and desires for building a deeper connection- Addressing potential issues and clarifying intentions early on- Recognizing signs of a potential mismatch in commitment levels- Importance of addressing concerns and desires to avoid future hurt and disappointment- Men also need space for personal growth and processing, similar to women- Seriousness for men may involve consistency and integrating each other into daily routines, not necessarily long-term plans- Differences in views on moving in together- Importance of open communication and taking time to be sure before making such big decisions- Highlighting the need for communication and understanding differing perspectives in a relationshipKey quotes:"When most women tell a man they want to ‘take it slowly,' they are saying they want to build a strong emotional foundation before having sex. They want deep meaningful conversations and to build the emotional intimacy first. For men, taking it slowly often means NOT having intimate talks that go too deep." – Lisa Shield“When a woman hears the phrase 'I need some space,' it can trigger catastrophic thinking and tap into her insecurities, causing her to question the stability of the relationship. On the other hand, for some men, being in a serious relationship may simply mean integrating each other into their daily routines and getting to know each other better, without necessarily signaling long-term plans or commitments." — Lisa Shield“It is good to have a conversation to clarify what you mean by certain phrases. You can say, ‘Hey, ________, I know that we said we're in a committed relationship, and I also know that being in a committed relationship, that word can have different meanings for different people. I would love to hear what it means for you.'” — Lisa ShieldContinue On Your Journey: Lisa Shield | YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Book a Call With LisaEmail the podcast at: podcast@lisashield.com 

The power grid in the United States is old and in need of a serious upgrade and it's capabilities will be seriously tested int he coming months as the summer descends in earnest. We've already seen rolling black outs in places like California and Texas and now there is a fear that those isolated incidents will become widespread.(commercial at 13:42)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/a-summer-of-blackouts-wheezing-power-grid-leaves-states-at-risk/ar-AAXZOTC?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=f2dda24ef5df49ed96fa93167400ef55This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5080327/advertisement

Pool Sceners.   We have had this on our list for a very long time. In honor of it's 30th Anniversary, we finally give you the movie that brought the dinosaurs back from extinction. Sam Neill, Laura Dern and of course, uh, Jeff Goldblum in the movie that changed it all, "Jurassic Park" DO NOT MISS the "Final Lap" this week. We had some SERIOUS ISSUES happen to us at Cedar Point. So kick back and enjoy this epic movie. Allons-y!   SPREAD THE WORD POOL SCENERS! JOIN THE POOL SCENERS GROUP ON FACEBOOK FOR EXCLUSIVE AND INCLUSIVE CONTENT! LIKE. COMMENT. SUBSCRIBE. RATE AND FOLLOW... APPLE. SPOTIFY. PODBEAN. PODBAY and EVERYWHERE PODCASTS ARE FOUND! LEAVE A 5 STAR REVIEW. WE READ IT ON THE AIR. YOU WIN A PRIZE!!! HAVE AN IDEA FOR AN EPISODE OR A POOL CHECK...SEND US AN EMAIL OR MESSAGE US AT ONE OF THE LINKS BELOW. CONTRIBUTE TO THE SHOW ON LINKTREE!! WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT!! Linktree: https://www.linktr.ee/poolscenepodcast Email: PoolScenePodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PoolScenePodacst Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PoolScenePodcast Threads: https://www.threads.com/poolscenepodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/thepoolscenepodcast Twitch: https://twitch.tv/poolscenepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/PoolScenePodcast

21st Century Democracy - Testing Our ConstitutionWebsite: http://www.battle4freedom.comNetwork: https://www.mojo50.comStreaming: https://www.rumble.com/c/Battle4FreedomStreaming LIVE on RUMBLE @ https://rumble.com/v32o3xm-21st-century-democracy-testing-our-constitution.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12341321/Mitch-McConnell-81-suddenly-stops-talking-helped-away-podium-press-conference.htmlMitch McConnell, age 81, suddenly freezes during press conference and has to be helped away from podium in scary sceneshttps://twitter.com/vivekgramaswamy/status/1683946144416534528?s=46&t=sUl-cInEIi1mGxtFeKOcMgWe're not a direct democracy. We are a *constitutional republic.* We need to revive civic duty among young Americans. That's why I'm for a constitutional amendment to raise the voting age from 18 to 25, but to still allow 18-year-olds to vote if they either pass the same civics test required of immigrants to become naturalized citizens, or else to perform 6 months of military or first responder service. We must be ambitious.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12339545/Shocking-footage-shows-giant-Buddha-statue-engulfed-flames-China-blaze-destroying-historic-temple-buildings-surrounded-it.htmlShocking footage shows giant Buddha statue engulfed in flames in China - with blaze destroying several historic temple buildings that surrounded ithttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12340079/Verizon-Worldwide-outage-leaves-hundreds-thousands-users-without-mobile-internet-service.htmlVerizon hit with nationwide outage that left thousands of Americas without mobile or internet service for more than three hourshttps://goodsciencing.com/covid/athletes-suffer-cardiac-arrest-die-after-covid-shot/1887 Athlete Cardiac Arrests or Serious Issues, 1312 of Them Dead, Since COVID Injectionhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12337425/Urgent-warning-mystery-paralysis-causing-disease-sweeping-Peru-feared-caused-contaminated-drinking-water.htmlPeru declares national health emergency over mystery paralysis-causing disease that is feared to be caused by contaminated TAP WATEROfficials have reported 231 cases of the neurological disease in just five weeks Guillain-Barré Syndrome typically follows an infection and causes paralysisREAD MORE: Covid may trigger rare paralysing condition in rare caseshttps://ycharts.com/indicators/peru_coronavirus_full_vaccination_rate#:~:text=Peru%20Coronavirus%20Full%20Vaccination%20Rate%20Peru Coronavirus Full Vaccination Rate https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10076245/Inequalities in COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Peru: An ecological studyhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12339127/Terrifying-moment-daylight-disappears-seconds-135mph-tornado-rips-Swiss-town-wildfires-burn-NINE-European-countries.htmlFerocious storms hammer Europe as Italy is hit by 'apocalyptic' supercell and deadly 135mph tornado lashes Switzerland... while wildfires rage near southern holiday hotspotshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12342709/Horrific-moment-San-Francisco-cops-fatally-shoot-gun-wielding-mentally-ill-man-latest-tragedy-unfold-Bay-Area-streets.htmlHorrific moment San Francisco cops fatally shoot 'gun-wielding, mentally ill' man in latest tragedy to unfold on Bay Area streetsUniformed police were called to the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco just before 3pm on Wednesday, after plainclothes cops attempted to arrest a manA second man came onto the scene, and police believed he had a gun: they drew their weapons, and when he ignored their commands opened fire killing himOne woman told KTVU the victim was mentally ill: police are investigating and will hold a press conference within 10 days Remembering Aaron

Bikers have serious issues worldwide. This broadcasts talks about the craziness bikers are into everywhere, plus some feel good stories at the beginning.Help us get to 10,000 subscribers on www.instagram.com/BlackDragonBikerTV on Instagram. Thank you! Follow us on TikTok www.tiktok.com/@blackdragonbikertv Subscribe to our new discord server https://discord.gg/dshaTST Get 20% off Gothic biker rings by using my special discount code: blackdragon go to http://gthic.com?aff=147 Subscribe to our online news magazine www.bikerliberty.com Buy Black Dragon Merchandise, Mugs, Hats, T-Shirts Books: https://blackdragonsgear.com Donate to our cause with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BlackDragonNP Donate to our cause with PayPal https://tinyurl.com/yxudso8z Subscribe to our Prepper Channel “Think Tactical”: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-WnkPNJLZ2a1vfis013OAg SUBSCRIBE TO Black Dragon Biker TV YouTube https://tinyurl.com/y2xv69bu KEEP UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackdragonbikertv Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jbunchii Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/blackdragonbiker Get my new Audio Book Prospect's Bible from these links: United States https://adbl.co/3OBsfl5 United Kingdom https://adbl.co/3J6tQxT France https://bit.ly/3OFWTtf Germany https://adbl.co/3b81syQThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3267493/advertisement

On this Thursday's Morning Focus, Alan spoke to a former staff member of CAMHS who has highlighted the deep flaws within the mental health services for young people in Clare. According to an internal staff survey in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Clare, 94 percent of respondents felt that clinical environment of the the service in the county isn't suitable for the support of people. Former staff member Elaine Kingston left her role due to stress and disillusionment and she believes that the situation could deteriorate even further.

In today's episode:Why the focus is never on what Trump is actually doingTrump releases statements about birthright citizenship and celebrating America's foundingThe Uniparty presents itself in full.Connect with Be Reasonable: https://linktr.ee/imyourmoderatorHear the show when it's released. Become a paid subscriber at imyourmoderator.substack.comVisit the show's sponsors:Make life more comfortable: mypillow.com/reasonableDiversify your assets: kirkelliottphd.com/reasonableOther ways to support the work:ko-fi.com/imyourmoderatorbtc via coinbase: 3MEh9J5sRvMfkWd4EWczrFr1iP3DBMcKk5Merch site: https://cancelcouture.myspreadshop.com/Follow the podcast info stream: t.me/imyourmoderatorOther social platforms: Twitter, Truth Social, Gab, Rumble, or Gettr - @imyourmoderator Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/be-reasonable-with-your-moderator-chris-paul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode:Why the focus is never on what Trump is actually doingTrump releases statements about birthright citizenship and celebrating America's foundingThe Uniparty presents itself in full.Connect with Be Reasonable: https://linktr.ee/imyourmoderatorHear the show when it's released. Become a paid subscriber at imyourmoderator.substack.comVisit the show's sponsors:Make life more comfortable: mypillow.com/reasonableDiversify your assets: kirkelliottphd.com/reasonableOther ways to support the work:ko-fi.com/imyourmoderatorbtc via coinbase: 3MEh9J5sRvMfkWd4EWczrFr1iP3DBMcKk5Merch site: https://cancelcouture.myspreadshop.com/Follow the podcast info stream: t.me/imyourmoderatorOther social platforms: Twitter, Truth Social, Gab, Rumble, or Gettr - @imyourmoderator Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/be-reasonable-with-your-moderator-chris-paul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to the veteran journalist and author - Pradeep Magazine. We discuss the major themes of his books - Not Quite Cricket and Not Just Cricket – and talk about the lessons from the match-fixing epidemic in the late 1990s and how the player-journalist relationship has altered over time. Journalists of the 1990s had enough access to the inner circle to get an inkling of the shadiness, says Magazine, but journalists of today are sadly in the dark. ⁠Support 81allout on KoFi⁠ Talking Points: A chance-meeting with a bookie in 1997 that opened up the world of fixing Writing about match-fixing before the big story broke Interviewing Sachin Tendulkar about match-fixing in 1997 Kapil Dev accusing his players of being distracted by money in 1983 Magazine's relationship with Kapil Dev over time - from fan to critique The two sides of Mohammad Azharuddin and how it was hard to separate both The problem for investigative journalists today cut off from the inner circle A new book that casts light on the corruption that could engulf the game The nexus of politics and cricket - and propaganda taking over the game Participants: Pradeep Magazine (@pradeepmagazine) Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buy The Summer Game by Gideon Haigh (recently republished by 81allout) India (hardback) | India (paperback) | India (e-copy) Australia (paperback, e-copy) USA (hardback, paperback, e-copy) UK (hardback, paperback, e-copy) Canada (hardback, paperback, e-copy) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related: Pradeep Magazine's books - Not Quite Cricket and Not Just Cricket Neeraj Kumar's book - A Cop in Cricket A T20 tournament that wasn't - how fixers fabricated the UvaT20 League - Guardian It is far more than a game, this cricket - Conversation between Pradeep Magazine and Rahul Bhattacharya - Kolkata Literary Meet - YouTube With sports becoming so commercialized, sports journalism has become more challenging: Pradeep Magazine - Times of India

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*Content Warning: This week's episode contains use of the O-word, as well as discussion of weight loss surgery.*Earlier this month, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a new guideline document containing weight loss recommendations for children as young as two years old. So this week, we are talking to Anna Lutz, MPH, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S about everything that's wrong with these recommendations.Anna Lutz is a Registered Dietitian in Raleigh, NC.  Anna and Elizabeth Davenport, another anti-diet RD, are the co-creators of Sunny Side Up Nutrition, a blog and podcast that focus on nutrition, cooking and family feeding, free of diet culture. Anna is also the co-owner of a private practice in Raleigh, NC, Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy. Anna specializes in eating disorders and pediatric/family nutrition and enjoys mentoring and providing clinical supervision to other dietitians. We had an amazing conversation about...How these recommendations are a full reversal of the AAP guidelines from 2015, and the conflicts of interest that likely influenced this shiftThe life-long physical, medical, and relational harm of weight loss recommendations for childrenThe increased risk for eating disorders & weight cycling that will likely result from these recommendationsWhy weight loss recommendations are never a solution to weight stigmaHow parents can navigate pediatrician appointments in light of these recommendationsAnd what health markers actually are important for kids!You can find out more about Anna & about diet-free parenting at Sunny Side Up Nutrition or Lutz Alexander Nutrition Therapy | Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill (lutzandalexander.com).Or you can connect with Anna via social media on Instagram or Facebook!Referenced in this episode:Serious Issues with the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Higher-Weight Children and Adolescents by Ragen ChastainSpecial Edition: Dangerous New American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Higher-Weight Children by Ragen ChastainA Letter to Your Child's DoctorDon't Talk About My Child's Weight CardsWant to connect with us to deepen the conversation? Join us in our online community, The Satisfaction Space!Want to show the world that you love the pod? Get t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, stickers, totebags & more at Teepublic!You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!Here's where to find us:Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpsonNaomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing!The American Academy of Pediatrics has put out a new Clinical Guideline for the care of higher-weight children. This document is 100 pages long including references and there are so many things that are concerning and dangerous in it that I had trouble deciding how to divide it up to write about it. I began on Thursday with a piece about the undisclosed conflicts of interest. Ultimately for today, I decided to focus on what I think will do the most harm in the guidelines, which is the recommendations for body size manipulation of toddlers, children, and adolescents through intensive behavioral interventions, drugs, and surgeries.A few things before we dive in. First, this piece is long. Really long. I thought about breaking it up to make it easier to parse, but I also know that people are (rightly) very concerned about these guidelines and I didn't want to trickle information/commentary out over days and weeks in case it might be helpful to someone now. Also, know that this may be emotionally difficult to read, in particular for those who have been harmed by weight loss interventions foisted on them as children. That will likely be exacerbated by the gaslighting these guidelines do to erase the lived experience of harm and trauma from the “interventions” they are recommending, and from their co-option of anti-weight-stigma language to promote weight loss. So please take care of yourself, you can always take a break and come back. Per my usual policy I will not link to studies that are based in weight bias and the weight loss paradigm, but will provide enough information for you to Google if you want to read them. I'll also use an asterisk in “ob*sity” for the reasons I explain in the post footer. Ok, big breath and let's get into this.In later newsletters, I'll address other issues in depth, but for now here are some quick thoughts and links about overarching issues before I dig into the actual recommendation:The claim that “ob*sity is a chronic disease—similar to asthma and diabetes”No, it's really not. And it's this faulty premise (that having a body of a certain size is the same thing as having a health condition with actual identifiable symptomology) that underlies everything in these guidelines. The diagnosis of asthma requires documentation of signs or symptoms of airflow obstruction, reversibility of obstruction (improvement in these signs or symptoms with asthma therapy) and no clinical suspicion of an alternative diagnosis. The diagnosis of diabetes requires a glycated hemoglobin (A1C) level of 6.5% or higher. But to diagnose “ob*sity” you just need a scale and a measuring tape. A group of people with this “diagnosis” don't have to share any symptoms at all, they simply have to exist in their bodies. That is not the same as asthma or diabetes, though the weight loss industry (in particular pharmaceutical companies and weight loss surgery interests) have absolutely poured money into campaigns to try to convince us that it is. (Note that the argument that ob*sity is correlated with other health conditions and thus is a disease actually proves the fallacy since some kids/people who are “diagnosed” with “ob*sity” don't have any of those health conditions and some kids/people who are thin do have them. It's especially disingenuous as it ignores the confounding variables of weight stigma and, in particular, weight cycling both of which these guidelines, if adopted, are very likely to increase.)The myth of “non-stigmatizing ob*sity care” Like so much of these guidelines, this idea and much of the verbiage around it mirrors that of the weight loss industry. In this case, it's attempt to co-opt the language of anti-weight-stigma in order to promote (and profit from) weight loss (there's a guide to telling the difference between true anti-stigma work and diet industry propaganda here!) In truth, there is no such thing as non-stigmatizing care for ob*sity, because the concept of ob*sity is rooted in size and the treatment is changing size (the word was made up to pathologize larger bodies, based on a latin root that literally means to eat until fat so…less science than stereotype there.) There is no shame in having a disease, it's just that existing while fat isn't one. The concept of “ob*sity” as a “disease” pathologizes someone's body size. The concept of ob*sity says that your body itself is wrong, and requires intensive therapy and/or risky drugs and surgeries so that it can be/look right. There is no way to say that without engaging in weight stigma.If someone claims that the treatment is actually about health and not size, then it's not “ob*sity” treatment since both the criteria for the “disease” and the measure of successful “treatment” of ob*sity are based on body size. If the treatment is about health and not size, then the treatment and measures of success should be about actual metabolic health, not body size (which would be ethical, evidence-based, weight-neutral care.)The idea that “It is important to recognize that treatment of ob*sity is integral to the treatment of its comorbidities and overw*ight or ob*sity and comorbidities should be treated concurrently”Again, I think this is demonstrably untrue. Any health issues that are considered “comorbidities” of being higher-weight are also health issues that thin people get, which means that they have independent treatments. We could skip body size manipulation attempts entirely and still treat any health issues that a higher-weight child/adolescent has.The dubious claim that “ob*sity treatment” is compatible with eating disorders preventionI wrote a specific piece about this here. Weight loss as a “solution” to weight stigmaThis is unconscionable. Regardless of what someone believes about weight and health, the message that children (as young as 2!) should solve stigma by undertaking intensive and dangerous interventions that risk quality of life moves beyond inappropriate to disgusting, especially when one is perpetuating weight stigma, as these guidelines (and the weight loss industry talking points that are repeated herein) do.There is so much more to unpack here, but I want to move into a discussion of the recommendations themselves.For this, I will start where I left off on the conflict of interest piece. Which is to say, almost all of the authors of these guidelines are firmly entrenched in the body-size-as-disease paradigm. They have pinned their careers to it. None of the authors are coming from a weight-neutral paradigm.  In fact, in the research evaluation methodology section, they explain that they excluded studies that looked at impacting health, rather than weight. In their own words:The primary aim of the intervention studies had to be examination of an ob*sity prevention (intended for children of any weight status) or treatment (intended for children with overw*ight or ob*sity) intervention. The primary intended outcome had to be ob*sity, broadly defined, and not an ob*sity comorbidity.Note that by “ob*sity comorbidity” they mean a health condition that happens to children of all sizes.I don't know if it was intentional, or just a myopic focus on body size manipulation as a supposed healthcare intervention, but the option to focus on health rather than size was specifically excluded by a group of authors whose careers on based on focusing on size.There are three main areas of their recommendation that I'll talk about today - Intensive Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment, Weight Loss Drugs, and Weight Loss Surgeries.RECOMMENDATION:  Intensive Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment (IHBLT)This is recommended starting as young as age two. That's right, they are recommending intensive interventions to kids in diapers (and they think that they should look into how to “diagnose” kids who are even younger, yikes!) What these guidelines subtly admit is that these interventions don't actually work. They include this (long-time weight loss industry) talking point “a life course approach to identification and treatment should begin as early as possible and continue longitudinally through childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, with transition into adult care.”The translation to this is that they have absolutely no idea how to make higher-weight people of any age thin long-term. They are aware (and if not they are negligent) that a century of data shows that the vast majority of people will lose weight short-term and gain it back long-term. What they seem to be trying to do here is rebrand yo-yo dieting (aka weight-cycling) as a successful intervention. If there is a prize for moving the goalpost and declaring victory, they are in the running.Don't just take my word for it, they created a graphic as part of Figure 1 to show it:Pro tip: When they say “relapsing remitting” they mean “yo-yo dieting". I know why the weight loss industry loves this idea - it's how they've built a business that creates exponential growth with a product that doesn't work. What I don't understand is how this group of authors can possibly justify this ethically. The health risks of weight cycling are documented (and very consistent with the health risks that get blamed on higher-weight bodies) so setting people up for weight cycling starting as toddlers does not, to me, have the ring of sound science or ethical, evidence-based medicine.Let's dig into the evidence they are using to support this:The guidelines claim that “IHBLT is the foundational approach to achieve body mass reduction or the attenuation of excessive weight gain in children. It involves visits of sufficient frequency and intensity to facilitate sustained healthier eating and physical activity habits.” The study they cite to back this up (Grossman et al; 2017, Screening for ob*sity in children and adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement) says “Comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions (≥26 contact hours) in children and adolescents 6 years and older who have ob*sity can result in improvements in weight status for up to 12 months.”They also include a chart of seven randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from 2005-2017. The combined study population of all seven studies was just 1,153 kids. The largest study (with 549 participants) and the only study to include children from ages 2 to 5 had a duration of 12 months and showed a BMI change of 0.42 that year, and was only “effective” (if you consider a .42 change in a year “effective”) in kids ages 4-8 years old. There was only one study that followed up for more than 12 months, and from 12 months to 24 months, the BMI change decreased (from 3.3 to 2.8,) consistent with the weight regain pattern that we would expect.This will be a running theme in these guidelines - short-term studies will be used to justify life-long recommendations, and weight regain is ignored. In general, sometimes this is based on the idea that if a weight loss intervention works short-term, then it will continue to work forever, other times it's based on the idea that weight cycling is an ethical, evidence-based healthcare intervention. Again, the data on both the long-term failure of weight loss and the danger of weight cycling does not support this.They make a point to mention that IHBLT “involves interaction with pediatricians and other PHCPs who are trained in lifestyle-related fields and requires significantly more time and resources than are typically allocated to routine well-child care.” At this point I'll note that many of the authors of the guidelines run clinics or have practices that provide exactly this type of care.Their criteria for the studies was, I'll just call it lax: “Over a 3-12 month period: The criteria for the evidence review required a weight-specific outcome at least 3 months after the intervention started.” Obviously, this is a very short-term requirement and, again, excludes studies that looked at actual health instead of just body size.Here again they tell on themselvesTreatments with duration longer than 12 months are likely to have additional and sustained treatment benefit. There is limited evidence, however, to evaluate the durability of effectiveness and the ability of long-term treatments to retain family engagement.Note that the idea that longer duration treatment is “likely” to have additional and sustained treatment benefit is not remotely an evidence-based statement, and I would argue that it is biased and should not be included here. Also, they seem to be setting the stage for blaming families for the entirely predictable and almost always inevitable weight regain.Under “referral strategies” they get real about how little weight loss we're actually talking about:Pediatricians and other Primary Healthcare Providers (PHCP's) are encouraged to help to set reasonable expectations for these [BMI-based] outcomes among families, as there is a significant heterogeneity to treatment response and there is currently no evidence to predict how individual children will respond. Many children will not experience BMI improvement, particularly if their participation falls below the treatment threshold.”As described in the Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment section, those who do experience BMI improvement will likely note a modest improvement of 1% to 3% BMI percentile decline.So they are recommending an “intensive,” time-consuming, expensive intervention to kids starting as young as age 2 with no prognostics as to which kids might be “successful,” the stated result of which is that “many” (their word) of them won't experience any change in the primary outcome, those who do will see a very small change.They do mention the supposed actual health benefits of these interventions, but fail to mention that the health benefits may have nothing to do with the very small change in size. That's because often when health changes and weight changes (at least temporarily) follow behavior change, those who are invested in the weight loss paradigm (financially, clinically, or both) are quick to credit the weight change, rather than the behavior change, for the health change. Here again, the evidence does not support this. It's very possible that these same health improvements could be achieved with absolutely no focus or attention paid to weight, which would provide more benefits and less risks (including the risks associated with both weight stigma and weight cycling.) It could also allow the children (some, remember, still in diapers) to create healthy relationships with food and movement, rather than seeing choices around food and movement as punishment for their size or a way to manipulate it.As they move into specific recommendations, they start with:Despite the lack of evidence for specific strategies on weight outcomes many of these strategies have clear health benefits and were components in RCTs of intensive behavioral intervention. Many strategies are endorsed by major professional or public health organizations. Therefore, pediatricians and other PHCPs can appropriately encourage families to adopt these strategies. To me this sounds a lot like throwing the concept of “evidence-based” right out the window. None of this means “these strategies are likely to lead to long-term weight loss,” but I'll bet that won't be what is conveyed to the patients and families upon whom these “strategies” are foisted. Before we move on to their recommendations around diet drugs, here is some research to contextualize these recommendations:Neumark-Sztainer et. al, 2012, Dieting and unhealthy weight control behaviors during adolescence: Associations with 10-year changes in body mass indexNone of the behaviors being used by adolescents for weight-control purposes predicted weight lossOf greater concern were the negative outcomes associated with dieting and the use of unhealthful weight-control behaviors…including eating disorders and weight gain [Note: This is not to say that there is anything wrong with higher-weight, but that there is something wrong with a supposed healthcare intervention that has significant risks, almost never works, and has the opposite of the intended effect up to 66% of the time.] Raffoul and Williams, 2021, Integrating Health at Every Size principles into adolescent careCurrent weight-focused interventions have not demonstrated any lasting impact on overall adolescent healthBEAT UK, 2020 Eating Disorders Association, Changes Needed to Government Anti-ob*sity StrategiesGovernment-sanctioned anti-ob*sity campaigns* increase the vulnerability of those at risk of developing an eating disorder* exacerbate eating disorder symptoms in those already diagnosed with an eating disorder* show little success at reducing ob*sityStrategies including changes to menus and food labels, information around ‘healthy/unhealthy' foods, and school-based weight management programs all pose a risk.Pinhas et. al. 2013, Trading health for a healthy weight: the uncharted side of healthy weights initiativesOb*sity-prevention programs that push “healthy eating” are triggering disordered eating in some children, creating sudden neuroses around food in children who never before worried about their weightThey were all affected by the idea of trying to adopt a more healthy lifestyle, in the absence of significant pre-existing notions, beliefs or concerns regarding their own weight, shape or eating habits prior to the interventionFiona Willer, Phd, AdvAPD, FHEA, MAICD, Non-Executive Board Director at Dietitians AustraliaQuoted from: health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/articles/for-healthy-kids-skip-the-kurbo-app“Dieting to a weight goal was found to be related to poorer dietary quality, poorer mental health and poorer quality of life when compared with people who were health conscious but not weight conscious”Ok. Moving on.RECOMMENDATION: Use of Pharmacotherapy (aka Weight Loss Drugs)Their consensus recommendation is that pediatricians and other PCHPs “may offer children ages 8 through 11 years of age with ob*sity weight loss pharmacotherapy, according to medication indications, risks, and benefits as an adjunct to health behavior and lifestyle treatment.”They admit that “For children younger than 12 years, there is insufficient evidence to provide a Key Action Statement (KAS) for use of pharmacotherapy for the sole indication of ob*sity,” but then go on to suggest that if kids 8-11 also have other health conditions, somehow weight loss drugs (which are not indicated for the treatment of the actual health conditions they have) “may be indicated.”Their KAS is that “pediatricians and other PHCPs should offer adolescents 12 y and older with ob*sity weight loss pharmacotherapy, according to medication indications, risks and benefits as and adjunct  to health behavior and lifestyle treatment.”The studies that were actually included in the evidence review predominantly studied metformin (alone and in combination with other drugs,) which is not approved for weight loss, orlistat, exenatide, and one study that looked at phentermine, mixed carotenoids, topiramate, ephedrine, and recombinant human growth hormone.Even though the studies for other drugs did not exist at the time of the evidence review, they made the choice to include them anyway. (This includes Wegovy, the drug that Novo Nordisk, a donor to the AAP, has promised their shareholders will be a blockbuster and that announced its approval in children as young as 12 just days prior to the publication of the guidelines.) Let's look at the efficacy of the drugs they are recommending:MetforminAdverse effects include bloating, nausea, flatulence, and diarrhea and lactic acidosis which they characterize as “serious but very rare.” The guidelines describe the evidence of metformin for weight loss in pediatric populations as “conflicting” They evaluated 16 studies, about two-thirds of which showed a “modest BMI reduction” and one-third showed “no benefit.” Also, this drug is not approved for weight loss. They recommend that due to the “modest and inconsistent effectiveness, metformin may be considered as an adjunct to intensive health behavior and lifestyle treatment (IHBLT) and when other indications for use of metformin are present.”Orlistat:This drug is currently approved for ages 12 and up. Orlistat is sold under the name alli by GlaxoSmithKline and as Xenical by Genentech (both GlaxoSmithKline and Genentech are donors to the AAP.) The guidelines point out that the side effects (including fecal urgency, flatulence and oily stool) “greatly limit tolerability” but do say that “Orlistat is FDA approved for long-term treatment of ob*sity in children 12 years and older.” They cite two studies from 2005. One (Behzat et al., Addition of orlistat to conventional treatment in adolescents with severe ob*sity) started with 22 adolescents, 7 of whom dropped out within the first month due to drug side effects. The remaining 15 subjects were followed for 5-15 months with an average of 11.7 months of follow up. Those 15 patients lost 6.27 +/- 5.4 kg within the study time.The other (Chanoine JP et al, 2005, Effect of orlistat on weight and body composition in ob*se adolescents) was a one-year study with 357 adolescents (age 12-15) in the Orlistat group. They lost weight initially but the weight loss stopped at week 12 and by the end of the study the weight of those in the Orlistat group had increased by .53kg.Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonistsThese are drugs that are type 2 diabetes medications that were found to have a side effect of weight loss. In some cases they have been rebranded specifically for weight loss and, in others, are prescribed off-label.ExenatideThis drug is currently approved in kids ages 10 to 17 years of age. The guidelines point out that a small weight loss was shown in two small studies but with “significant adverse effects.”LiraglutideThe study they cite for liraglutide (Kelly et al, Trial Investigators. A randomized, controlled trial of liraglutide for adolescents with ob*sity.) was a 56 week study with a 26-week follow-up period. Participants lost weight initially, but after 42 weeks began to regain weight (though they were still on the drug) at 56 weeks weight gain became more rapid and at the end of the 26-week follow up they were nearing baseline. The guidelines characterize this as “A recent randomized controlled trial found liraglutide (daily injection) more effective than placebo in weight loss at 1 year among patients 12 years and older with ob*sity who did not respond to lifestyle treatment.” They do not make it clear that participants experienced near total weight regain (see graphic below.) In addition to the near total lack of weight loss (and remember that it's pretty likely that subjects continued to regain weight after the tracking stopped at 82 weeks,) side effects included nausea and vomiting, and among patients with a family history of multiple endocrine neoplasia, a slightly increased risk of medullary thyroid cancer. Liraglutide is sold as Victoza and Saxenda by Novo Nordisk. This study was a clinical trial funded by Novo Nordisk, multiple study authors work for, are employees of, take payments from and/or own stock in Novo Nordisk (see disclosures below) and Novo Nordisk provides funding directly to the American Academy of Pediatrics, and has paid thousands of dollars to authors of these guidelines.Just for funsies I checked the disclosures: Dr. Kelly reports receiving donated drugs from AstraZeneca and travel support from Novo Nordisk and serving as an unpaid consultant for Novo Nordisk, Orexigen Therapeutics, VIVUS, and WW (formerly Weight Watchers); Dr. Auerbach, being employed by and owning stock in Novo Nordisk; Dr. Barrientos-Perez, receiving advisory-board fees from Novo Nordisk; Dr. Gies, receiving advisory-board fees from Novo Nordisk; Dr. Hale, being employed by and owning stock in Novo Nordisk; Dr. Marcus, receiving consulting fees from Itrim and owning stock in Health Support Sweden; Dr. Mastrandrea, receiving grant support from AstraZeneca and Sanofi US and grant support and fees for serving on a writing group from Novo Nordisk; Ms. Prabhu, being employed by and owning stock in Novo Nordisk; and Dr. Arslanian, receiving fees for serving on a data monitoring committee from AstraZeneca, fees for serving on a data and safety monitoring board from Boehringer Ingelheim, grant support, paid to University of Pittsburgh, and advisory-board fees from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, and consulting fees from Rhythm Pharmaceuticals. Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) agonistsThese are specialty drugs that are only FDA approved for patients 6 years and older with proopiomelanocortin deficiency, proprotein subtilisin or kexin type 1 deficiency and leptin receptor deficiency confirmed by genetic testing. They site a small, uncontrolled study in which patients experience weight loss of 12-25% over 1 year. PhenterminePhentermine is a controlled substance chemically similar to amphetamine which carries a risk of dependence as well as side effects including elevated blood pressure, dizziness, and tremor. These are FDA approved for a 3-month course of therapy for adolescents 16 or older. I'm not clear what good could come out of giving a teenager a drug with these kinds of risk for 3 months?TopiramateThis is a drug that is used to treat seizures and migraines that happens to have a side effect of making people not want to eat through what the guidelines admit are “largely unknown mechanisms.” These drugs cause cognitive slowing and can cause embryo malformation. It's approved for children 2 years and older with epilepsy and 6 and older for headaches and I cannot for the life of me imagine how it could possibly be ethical to cause cognitive slowing in a child (who is going to school!) in order to disrupt their bodies hunger signals.Phentermine/TopiramateYou read that right, those last two drugs with the dangerous, quality-of-life impacting side effects? The guidelines discuss the option of prescribing them together. To children. This is based on a 56-week study (Kelly et al, 2022, Phentermine/topiramate for the treatment of adolescent ob*sity.) In the study, 54 subjects were given a mild dose, 15 of them dropped out. 113 were given the “top dose” 44 of them dropped out. As we've seen in other studies, weight loss had leveled off and begun to rise slightly by week 56 and there is no reason to believe it wouldn't go back up, but we'll never know because they didn't do any more follow-up. By the way, like most of the other studies, these subjects were also undergoing a “lifestyle modification program.” Also, like the other drugs, I think it's important to note that this was FDA-approved for “chronic treatment” based on the results of a study that only lasted 56 weeks. That is a common situation with weight loss drugs.Finally, the guidelines don't mention that side effects of this drug include increased heart rate, suicidal behavior and ideation, slowing of linear growth, acute myopia, secondary angle closure glaucoma, visual problems; mood and sleep disorders; cognitive impairment; metabolic acidosis; and decrease in renal function.  As I was looking this up, I noticed that the lead author of this study is the same lead author of the liraglutide study. Phentermine/Topiramate is sold under the brand name Qysmia by Vivus. I had to do some digging to get to the disclosures on this one and what do you know, Dr. Kelly has received grant consideration and consults for Vivus. In fact, with the exception of Megan Oberle, every author of this study either receives funding from/consults for Vivus, or is an employee of Vivus. Megan Oberle lists no conflicts of interest in this 2022 study but, interestingly, in a 2019 study (It is Time to Consider Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Youth) the disclosure states “MO serves as site PI [principal investigator] for study through Vivus Pharmaceuticals” so we know they're not strangers. LisdexamfetamineThis is a stimulant that is approved for kids 6 and older who have ADHD, in those 18 and up for Binge Eating Disorder, and while it is sometimes prescribed off-label for higher-weight kids, the guidelines note that “no evidence available at the time of this review to demonstrate safety or efficacy for the indication of ob*sity in children.”Summing up, there are significant risks of side effects (some life threatending) and not a drug among them has shown anything approaching long-term efficacy. Let's look at the last of the recommendations.RECOMMENDATION: Weight Loss SurgeryThis is the last bit I'll write about today. This section beginsIt is widely accepted that the most severe forms of pediatric ob*sity (ie, class 2 ob*sity; BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2, or 120% of the 95th percentile for age and sex, whichever is lower) represent an “epidemic within an epidemic.”Remember, for a moment, that this phrasing is from authors who swear up and down that they are working to end weight stigma. One wonders what they would have written if they were trying to stigmatize higher-weight children. (Just fyi, if anyone is confused, you can't usefear-mongering language, describing a group of people simply existing in the world at a higher-weight as an “epidemic” without stigmatizing them.)The KAS here (for me the most horrifying of those offered,) isPediatricians and other PHCPs should offer referral for adolescents 13y and older with severe ob*sity (BMI ≥ 120% of the 95th percentile for age and sex) for evaluation for metabolic and bariatric surgery to local or regional comprehensive multidisciplinary pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery centers. [I'll note here that at least one of the authors of these guidelines runs just such a facility.]Before we get too far into this, let's be clear about what these surgeries do. They take a child's perfectly functioning digestive system, and put it into a (typically irreversible) disease state forcing, restriction and/or malabsorption (for an explanation of the various surgeries, check out this post.) If this state happens to a child because of disease or accident, it is considered a tragedy. If the child is higher-weight, it is considered, at least by the authors of these guidelines, healthcare.They make the claim “Large contemporary and well-designed prospective observational studies have compared adolescent cohorts undergoing bariatric surgical treatment versus intensive ob*sity treatment or nonsurgical controls. These studies suggest that weight loss surgery is safe and effective for pediatric patients in comprehensive metabolic and bariatric surgery settings that have experience working with youth and their families”To support this, they cite a single study. The study (Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in adolescents with severe ob*sity (AMOS): a prospective, 5-year, Swedish nationwide study) included 81 subjects who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.The average weight loss was 36·8 kg over five years, but 11% of those who had the surgery lost less than 10% of their body weight.A full 25%  had to have additional abdominal surgery for complications from the original surgery or rapid weight loss and 72% showed some type of nutritional deficiency. And that's just in five years. Remember that the damage done to the digestive system is permanent. They are recommending this as young as 13, so a five year follow-up only gets these kids to 18. Then what?By the look of their own graph, what comes next may well be more weight gain, since the surgery survivors' weight loss leveled off after year one and started to steadily climb after year two. There's also the impact of those nutrient deficiencies. They also claim that these surgeries lead to a “durable reduction of BMI.” Let's take a look at the studies they cite to prove that.Inge et al., 2018 Comparison of Surgical and Medical Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes in Severely Ob*se AdolescentsThis study lasted two years. It looked at data from 30 adolescents who had weight loss surgery. They averaged 29% weight loss over 2 years and 23% of the subjects had to have a second surgery during those two years.Göthberg et al., 2014, Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in adolescents with morbid ob*sity--surgical aspects and clinical outcomeThis study just rehashes information from the Olbers study above.O'Brien et al. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in severely ob*se adolescents: a randomized trialThis study is about gastric banding and I'm not sure why they included it because in the paragraph above it they point out that these surgeries are “approved by the FDA only for patients 18 years and older, have declined in use in both adults and youth because of worse long-term effects as well as higher-than expected complication rates” (they cite 18 studies to back up this particular claim.)Olbers et al., 2012 Two-year outcome of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in adolescents with severe ob*sity: results from a Swedish Nationwide Study (AMOS)These are just the two-year outcomes from the five-year Olbers study aboveOlbers et al. Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in adolescents with severe ob*sity (AMOS): a prospective, 5-year, Swedish nationwide study.This is the exact same 5-year Olbers study from above, just given a different citation number.Ryder et al., 2018 Factors associated with long-term weight-loss maintenance following bariatric surgery in adolescents with severe ob*sityThis study included 50 subjects who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and had a follow-up at year one and another follow-up sometime between years 5 and 12. They were then divided into “regainers” and “maintainers” though by their criteria, “maintainer” subjects could regain, they just couldn't regain more than 20% of the weight they lost prior to their follow-up. Though the study is called “Factors associated with long-term weight-loss maintenance” they were not able to identify any factors that were predictors of “regaining” or “maintaining.” You'll note in the graph below that weight was still trending upward when they stopped following up.So let's recap: They cite 7 studies to back up their recommendation of referrals for these surgeries for kids ages 13 and up. Four of the seven are the same study. One is a study for a surgery that they themselves have said is declining in use, so I'm excluding it. Combined, the rest of the studies followed a grand total of 161 people. The longest follow-up is “5+ years” and the studies consistently showed weight regain that was trending up when follow-up ended, as well as high rates of additional surgery and nutrient deficiencies. This, to me, doesn't come close to justifying a blanket recommendation that every kid 13 and older whose BMI ≥ 120% of the 95th percentile for age and sex be referred for evaluation for weight loss surgery.And when it comes to their criteria for these surgeries, they predicate risk on size. Those with “class 2 ob*sity” are required to have “clinically significant disease” which doesn't make the surgery ethical but, in comparison; children with “class 3 ob*sity” simply have to exist in the world to meet the criteria to have their digestive system put into a permanent disease state. One thing they do point out is that recent data showing multiple micronutrient deficiencies following metabolic and bariatric surgery serve to highlight the need for routine and long-term monitoring. Here we see a serious issue with giving this surgery to adolescents. First of all, they are rarely in control of their access to food. If their parents don't buy them what they need, if a parent loses their job and can no longer afford the supplements they require, if they experience hunger and/or homelessness… there are so many things that could impact a 13-year-old's ability to eat in the very specific ways they need to after the surgery for the rest of their life. Also, these surgeries are going to change the ways that these kids eat - at every school lunch, birthday party, family holiday. Anytime food is served, it is going to become clear that they are different, and if they aren't in charge of preparing the food, there is no guarantee that they will be able to get what they need. And that's if they want to do that. Let's not forget, these are humans who are/will be exploring their independence, including through rebellion, they are humans whose prefrontal cortex is not fully developed, meaning that they can literally lack the ability to fully recognize the consequences of their choices. (Of course, given that we only have five years of follow-up data, I would argue that their doctors and surgical teams also lack the ability to fully recognize the consequences of their choices.)The authors end the section with a fairly shameless plug for insurance coverage of these surgeries. This is another long-time goal of the weight loss industry that has made its way into these guidelines.I think this is a good time for a reminder that thin kids get the same health issues for which higher-weight kids are referred to these surgeries and thin kids are NOT asked to take the risks of these surgeries or to have their digestive systems permanently altered. They just get the ethical, evidence-based treatment for the health issue they actually have. Also, remember that the authors' research methodology specifically excluded research about weight-neutral intervention to see if any health benefits that the surgeries might create could be achieved without the significant (and, from a long-term perspective, largely unknown) risks of these surgeries, and perhaps be more lasting?But there is more to this in terms of informed consent. There are many of the same issues that we see with adults (which I wrote about here). With kids, there is another layer. In the state of California, for example, it is illegal to give a tattoo to someone under the age of 18, even with parental permission. But an eighth grader can make the decision to have their digestive system permanently altered, impacting their life and quality of life in myriad ways, many of which are unknown, and with no prognostics? Given all of this, is informed consent even possible for these kids? I would argue that it is not.Even worse, how many kids' parents, in some combination of weight stigma, concern for their child, and acquiescence to a doctor who may be pressuring them, will make this decision for their child?While I'm sure that there are adolescents who had the surgery and are happy with their outcome, I'm equally sure that there are adolescents who had terrible outcomes and would give anything to not have had the surgery (I know because I hear from them). And I know that the research can't tell us why anyone has the outcome they have. When you combine that with the total lack of long-term follow-up (I'm completely unwilling to consider 5 years “long term” for a lifelong intervention,) I think what we have here are, at best, experimental procedures, not procedures that should receive the kind of blanket recommendations that these guidelines provide for kids as young as 13.Ok, there's a lot more to discuss in these guidelines but I will save that for another newsletter. I hope that the outcry against these guidelines is loud, sustained, and successful in getting them rescinded. Kids deserve far better than this.Finally, I just want to give a quick shout-out to my paid subscribers (I know not everyone can/wants to have a paid subscription and that's totally fine - absolutely no shame at all if you are reading this for free as a subscriber or randomly!) those who are able to pay are allowed me to spend HOURS this week going through these guidelines and creating Thursday's post and this post, I'm just super grateful for the support.I'll be posting additional deep-dives into the research they cite and I'll keep a list here:“New insights about how to make an intervention in children and adolescents with metabolic syndrome” Pérez et al.Did you find this post helpful? You can subscribe for free to get future posts delivered direct to your inbox, or choose a paid subscription to support the newsletter and get special benefits! Click the Subscribe button below for details:Liked this piece? 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On this Salcedo Storm Podcast:Representative Tony Tinderholt is the conservative who represents District 94 in the Texas State House. He ran for Speaker of the Texas House.

“The Science™” says: Inject elite athletes to save their lives. Block the Sun to save the children. Shut-down the hospitals to “flatten the curve.THE THESIS: The World's technocrats think they are gods. Their hubris is deadly and we must confront them.THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES: Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,“Because your heart is lifted upAnd you have said, ‘I am a god,I sit in the seat of godsIn the heart of the seas';Yet you are a man and not God,THE NEWS & COMMENT:The Preface . . . For 30 years, this man has been wrong about the predictions he's made in his books. Still, 60 Minutes treats him as believable. [AUDIO] - “The next few decades will be the end of the kind of civilization we're used to.” Humanity is consuming 175 percent of what the earth can regenerate. Biologist Paul Erlich says that our current way of life is unsustainable.The teaser . . .From Natural News: After DECADES of denial, corporate media admits chemtrail terraforming is happening right now to “fight climate change” . . . but, that's “just ‘Natural News' saying that . . . The focus . . . Bills safety Damar Hamlin was taken off of the field in an ambulance after collapsing mid game. Prior to 2021, Athletes collapsing on the field was NOT a normal event.Berenson: The spin is already starting. Commotio cordis? Commotio cordis is incredibly rare and happens when a ball hits a skinny 15-year-old in the chest. This is going to be a very big deal - and the media and league will do whatever they can to avoid the obvious question…More Berenson: Update on the Damar Hamlin pieceA reader pointed me to this striking 2021 paper in the European Heart Journal reporting on two cases in which rugby players suffered severe heart rhythm disturbances following blunt chest trauma. In both cases the men had histories of myocarditis which appeared to have caused or worsened the arrhythmias. In the second case, the myocarditis was undiagnosed; the player died.The authors found that the episodes could be distinguished from classic commotio cordis (trauma to the chest wall causing a sudden heart rhythm crisis) by underlying myocardial scarring. They concluded that the aftereffects of myocarditis raise “the risk of lethal ventricular arrhythmias following blunt chest trauma.”1,616 Athlete Cardiac Arrests, Serious Issues, 1,114 of Them Dead, Since COVID Injection[AUDIO] - Holy smokes… Dr. McCullough claims 1,598 suffered cardiac arrest since vaccination compared to 1,101 in prior 38 YEARS…From Died Suddenly on Twitter: BBC News reached out for comment from #DiedSuddenly Tonight. Here was our response. We've also included the archive of evidence that the media is trying to gaslight you into ignoring. Never let them tell you what you're seeing isn't real. Here's the database they sent the BBC: https://airtable.com/shrbaT4x8LG8EbvVG/tbl7xKsSUIOPAa7MxIt's not just athletes . . . ‘Died Suddenly'? More Than 1-in-4 Think Someone They Know Died From COVID-19 VaccinesLawmakers in other countries are beginning to tell the truth! [AUDIO] - 'This is the time to draw a line in the sand... Common sense tells you there's something not right about all of this.' Andrew Bridgen MP joins Mark Dolan to discuss why he's calling on the Government to suspend the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines.. . . and the ruin the technocrats laid on the “healthcare” system is having the easily predictable outcome. [AUDIO] - Dr Tim Cooksley tells Sky News that the NHS is under the most pressure it has ever experienced, including during the peak of the COVID pandemic.[AUDIO] - Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Ian Higgison: An emergency medicine spokesperson tells Sky News that pressures on emergency services are so great that effective treatment is not possible.”[AUDIO] - France… Doctors throw down their stethoscopes in protest of a failed health system… this is a global problem from not treating patients during covid. Now hospitals worldwide can not cope with the backlogWhich brings us back to these two stories. This man hates human life. Just like so many other technocrats, we is saying that either we need “five earths” or we need to see 7.5 billion people die. On CBS "60 Minutes" w/ @ScottPelley last night, @PaulREhrlich claimed a) humans are causing a "sixth mass extinction" & b) that it would require "five Earths" for all humans to enjoy a Western standard of living. Both claims are totally & utterly false.This company has decided God was wrong when he said “Let there be light.” From MIT Tech Review: A startup says it's begun releasing particles into the atmosphere, in an effort to tweak the climate; Make Sunsets is already attempting to earn revenue for geoengineering, a move likely to provoke widespread criticism.

Listen in to Valda Ford as she shares her experiences in giving birth and the hurdles she faced, especially during her second birth. Through her story, she emphasizes the importance of being open and honest with partners, understanding cultural norms and practices, and exploring pleasure in a safe environment. She also sheds light on navigating the paternalistic healthcare system and how it ultimately led to the death of her son due to a lack of listening and miscommunication. Valda became an RN to learn the language and be able to have the necessary conversations with providers, as well as to be an advocate for those who don't know how to speak up for their needs. Her journey from pain to purpose is now empowering others to find their voice and amplify it in order to ensure they are heard.   Valda Ford is an RN who has worked on 6 continents. Valda sees every aspect of the human condition and strives to make good health easier to achieve. She brings the facts and helps with the fantasy! From what to know to what to do - she has answers and is not afraid of the questions!   She is here to talk about Serious Issues to Satisfying Solutions: Having Healthy Babies and Having Healthy Sex   In this episode: Valda talks about serious issues to satisfying solutions. She discusses her birth stories and what brought her to the journey of becoming a certified sexuality educator. Valda shares how she was inspired to become a nurse due to healthcare providers not listening to her concerns as a parent, which resulted in the death of her second child due to negligence. Vulnerability can come from many sources, including poverty, language barriers, and religion. Understanding safety and pleasure is essential to health knowledge. Both the parents and children have a role to play in making this happen. The key is to keep an open discussion about body parts and sexual health in order to reduce bias and stigma. Sex should be treated as an enjoyable activity, not a chore. Valda tackles some tips to make sex life fun between partners by working with your body.   Key Takeaways: Teaching the children about sex is a bandaid solution - teaching the parents is key Even being “made to give birth” doesn't always shield a birthing woman from issues Having a supportive and knowledgeable community makes a big difference Miscommunication is fatal - providers should always be sensitive Parents need to be informed and act as reinforcers of healthy sexual behavior Sex should be beautiful and enjoyable, not a duty   Tweetable Quotes:   “I became a nurse to learn the language, to be able to have the conversation, to be able to say, ‘I understand exactly what you're saying. I know what the standards and procedures are, and you need to listen to me.' I found that many people do not have that.” ” - Valda Ford   “Think about the fact that sex is and should be beautiful. It should be amazing because what other thing is going on in our lives that our body is priming us to enjoy?” - Valda Ford     Connect with Valda! Website: https://valdaford.com/ Email: valda@valdaford.com        Connect with Debra!   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debra.pascalibonaro  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/  Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to have fulfilling and enjoyable births. Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the world!     Orgasmic Birth Podcast: Pleasure in pregnancy, birth, and parenting. I believe pleasure is our birthright - from our sexuality, birth, parenting, and beyond, we can find pleasure when we create space for joy and intimacy in our lives. Join me to have deep conversations about breaking the taboos of Sexuality + Motherhood/Parenthood.    Listen to leading experts in sexuality, healing, and childbirth, as well as stories from new parents, doulas, doctors, midwives, and nurses. We will discuss how to positively prepare for childbirth and parenting by expanding love and intimacy in your life. 

The team relives the 1978 animated short "The Faithful Wookie" and we discuss Han's overall contribution to the Original Trilogy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Mike is focused on Veterans getting better healthcare and pushing forward with his "Commitment to America" plan

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Kylen Mills joins Cyrus Saatsaz for a special two-part extravaganza that not only recaps a legendary dominating performance from Stephen Curry which led to the Golden State Warriors snapping a five game skid by beating the Sacramento Kings at home but also addresses the myriad of issues plaguing the team in their pursuit for a Repeat World Championship.Follow & Subscribe to the Locked On Warriors Podcast on these platforms…

Kylen Mills joins Cyrus Saatsaz for a special two-part extravaganza that not only recaps a legendary dominating performance from Stephen Curry which led to the Golden State Warriors snapping a five game skid by beating the Sacramento Kings at home but also addresses the myriad of issues plaguing the team in their pursuit for a Repeat World Championship.Follow & Subscribe to the Locked On Warriors Podcast on these platforms…

Kylen Mills joins Cyrus Saatsaz for a special two-part extravaganza that not only recaps a legendary dominating performance from Stephen Curry which led to the Golden State Warriors snapping a five game skid by beating the Sacramento Kings at home but also addresses the myriad of issues plaguing the team in their pursuit for a Repeat World Championship. Follow & Subscribe to the Locked On Warriors Podcast on these platforms…

Kylen Mills joins Cyrus Saatsaz for a special two-part extravaganza that not only recaps a legendary dominating performance from Stephen Curry which led to the Golden State Warriors snapping a five game skid by beating the Sacramento Kings at home but also addresses the myriad of issues plaguing the team in their pursuit for a Repeat World Championship. Follow & Subscribe to the Locked On Warriors Podcast on these platforms…

Did you know that there is more sunflower oil traded in the world than soybean oil? Gregg Doud is simply a wealth of information when it comes to how food and fuel finds its way around the globe.

Kenyan is back speaking about a Florida woman threatening people and a gentleman who has issues with his girlfriend. Pull up a chair, and feel the vibe. Give us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts or on whatever platform you listen on. Follow us on Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, or Clubhouse. The handle is: @flight785. Or, send us an email:  flight785podcast@gmail.com "Flight 785 Podcast, I don't talk about aviation, but I'm still fly!"

Gerard Dwyer is National Secretary of the Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association and said while the "overall" benefits could be a positive, young workers were overrepresented in customer abuse and sexual harassment complaints.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle joins the show for the 8.45 sports update

Telegram Messenger has become a popular platform for its advanced cloud usage and different features. The application offers multiple applications to different businesses more than just being a messaging app. It is also a community platform for crypto startups and other blockchain-based projects. However, with the ever-increasing usage, the app is susceptible to many issues like spam messages and adult content. To protect users from these issues, platforms like Telegram Bot provide smart solutions like anti-spam features and AI-powered adult content filtering.What is Telegram Bot?As the name suggests, the Telegram Bot is an effective AI-based Telegram application that effectively manages groups with its unique features. Its offerings do not limit any group size, traffic, or purpose. With the Telegram bot for groups, one can manage group chats, track users, and keep spammers at bay. Among its versatile range of features, Telegram Bot's flagship tools are its Anti-spam feature and adult content filtering.Telegram Bot featuresThe application delivers high performance and speed, ensuring negligible wait times. With its advanced safety measures and latest technology, the developers guarantee its 24 x 7 reliability, results of which are visible on their website. In addition to being safe and reliable, Telegram offers the following features:User greetings: The bot welcomes new joiners and displays group rules per the client's requirements.Voice transcription: The bot can transcribe voice messages into text.Antivirus scanning: The bot employs over 50 antivirus scanners that filter all messages and files containing any malicious link or infected attachments.Spam fighting: Spam messages can disrupt the message chain for groups offering important updates and information. Telegram Bot offers spam filters to prevent users from clicking on potential links or distract users.Prohibited words: The bot also comes with a bad words filter and deletes all such messages per the group admin requirements.Filter inappropriate content: The bot filters adult content with AI-powered analytical tools and punishes violators. The bot does not prevent users from using inappropriate profile pictures, photos, gifs, or stickers, ensuring a clean and safe platform.Profanity filtering: Telegram Bot also has a unique de-escalation feature that ensures peace on the chat platform. The bot deletes messages consisting of swear words.Announce group rules: For those who do not wish to write down the group rules, the bot uses the anti-spam and group settings to automatically generate a list of rules.Captcha Protection: The bot also prevents competitors from spamming the group with other bots with the help of captcha protection.Audit log: It offers an instant overview of changes made by admins and penalties issued by the bot. Telegram Bot has been protecting users since 2017 with its extensive features. To date, the bot has helped 3,538 groups and 227,246 users. Telegram Bot offers a free basic version consisting of spam message filtering, audit logs, community support, etc. Their Gold range starts at $6.99 per month, followed by a Platinum and Ultimate plan at $11.99 and $43.99 per month, respectively. They also offer one-time plans and year plans.Telegram Bot is available as the Telegram Bot app or LittleGuardian

Email: Uncommonpodcast@outlook.comFacebook: @UncommonPODTwitter: @UncommonPC Instagram:  @dustin.duff     @Bpop80    Gettr: @DuffdbGab: @Duffdb   Clips:Athletes Collapsing And Dying [ 400 IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS ]https://youtu.be/6e24UHzhC4oSUDDEN ADULT DEATH SYNDROME! The new disease (Chris Sky)https://rumble.com/v17cdm5-sudden-adult-death-syndrome-the-new-disease.htmlDoctors Are Baffled By the Increase in Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS)https://rumble.com/v17spsi-doctors-are-baffled-by-the-increase-in-sudden-adult-death-syndrome-sads.html Articles / Docs:1090 Athlete Cardiac Arrests, Serious Issues, 715 Dead, After COVID Injectionhttps://wentworthreport.com/2022/06/09/1090-athlete-cardiac-arrests-serious-issues-715-dead-after-covid-injection/Doctors baffled by Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) in healthy young people https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/06/08/sudden-adult-death-syndrome-sads/

Resorting to humor to get through dark times is what our guests Georges Daccache and Georges Mahfouz do best. You might know them as Gstrings, the Lebanese duo who poke fun a different problems we face through musical parodies that combine humorous Arabic lyrics with famous tunes. Today, they join our host Lynn on the Beirut Buzz podcast to tell us how they met, what they fight over the most, which song made them go viral across social media, and all about the Lebanese-themed board game they plan to release in July. The band will also be singing you an original, so tune in for an instant mood boost! You can catch Gstrings perform live at KED collaboration with Awk.word. If you want to listen to more parodies, follow the band on Instagram @gstringslb and subscribe to their YouTube channel @Gstringslb. Be sure you're following us for more interesting content, @beirutcityguide on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and BeirutVideos on YouTube. The Beirut Buzz podcast is also available on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

The world's a heavy place - let's escape with some relaxing true crime! In all seriousness, it's another biggie, as this week has brought simultaneous high profile cases that are being live streamed; Ryan Duke is on trial for the alleged murder of Tara Grinstead of Up and Vanished Season 1 (is his confession real or fake? What about the ex bf who was a cop..!? UGH) plus Katherine Magbanua AKA the connective tissue (allegedly) in FSU professor Dan Markel's murder is back on trial this week after her 2019 one ended in mistrial. Lots to discuss! Not to mention the incredibly problematic ways the public opinion surrounding Amber Heard v. Johnny Depp is setting us all back in some really troubling ways. And media recs - including an Armie Hammer expose!? So much happening.Sources:Buzzfeed News think piece on what we're getting wrong about Amber HeardFalse Confessions ExplainedUp and Vanished Season 1Oxygen's piece on the Ryan Duke case, Bo DukesClosing Arguments End in Ryan Duke TrialCBS - Tara Grinstead Murder & 48 Hours Special (lol not 40/40...my bad)Katherine Magbanua Day 2WCTV Magbanua RetrialBuffalo Terrorist Indicted on First-Degree MurderBilly McFarland gets early prison release7M DocumentaryArmie Hammer documentarySomething Was Wrong

On this episode of the NTEB Prophecy News Podcast, we have so much on our plate today involving the ongoing chess game the New World Order has been playing for the past 791 days, including a fresh update from everyone's favorite end times villain Bill Gates. And wouldn't you know it, just as the news comes out about the current baby formula shortage crisis here in America, we find out that Bill Gates has been quietly funding a lab-grown artificial baby formula company called Biomilq since the pandemic started. I mean, what are the chances. About the same type of chances you would have when Bill Gates funded Event 201 to wargame a global COVID outbreak, and like a 'Christmas Miracle!!!' it happened. Hopefully by this point, you can see clearly what is swirling all around you as the end times intensify. And if you can't, now worries, that's what NTEB is here for. Join us today as we again pull back the curtain on the great and powerful Wizard of Oz, to show you what's really going on. In Russia, Vladimir Putin has  declared war on Ukraine, but it's the weirdest war you ever saw and Putin is suffering with major health issues and complications. In Communist China, Xi Jinping has suffered a cerebral aneurysm, and is currently incapacitated. In America, Joe Biden's poll numbers are just as low as his cognitive function, causing him to spew nonsense on a regular basis, with politicians from both parties asking how much longer can this go on? Oh, almost forgot, in the UAE, Mohamed bin Zayed was just unanimously installed as president. Maybe it's just me, but is anyone else seeing New World Order regime change happening?

Dave Ebert is a Children's Pastor, podcaster, improviser, husband, and step-dad to 3 cats. Dave uses improv comedy as a ministry to bring the light and joy of Christ to others, whether through improv shows or through teaching improv, including his classes teaching women who have survived sex trafficking. A majority of Dave's improv comes from a combination of years of pro wrestling and using off-the-cuff comedy to hide his years of deep depression. Dave's contact information www.gifts4glory / @gifts4glory www.wellversedcomedy.com / @wellversedcmdy www.anchor.fm/gifts4glory www.patreon.com/gifts4glory My contact information: https://chrisdtgordon.com@chrisdtgordon Chris DT Gordon's TAG and POP Shop: https://chris-dt-gordons-tag-and-pop-... The real heroes: @nateberan

After just two months on the field, this battery powered sprayer is seriously failing. On today's episode of the Pestgeek Podcast, holistic pest control professional Franklin Hernandez (The Pestgeek) reviews the 12 Gallon Battery Powered PETRA BEAST Cart Sprayer With 100Ft Hose. After two months of work on the field, this battery pack sprayer cart…

The last to the party, the most unprepared for the party, it's the Wine Mums cobbling together a Best of 2021 over half way through January! Join us for our top 5 (eventually) favourite games, movies and TV of the year!   Catch Chloe on Serious Issues' Best Comics/Manga of 2021 episode! - https://play.acast.com/s/serious-issues/episode-12-the-best-comics-and-manga-of-2021-with-chloe-cade   Follow Us! Email: winemumspodcast@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/WineMumsPod Twitter: twitter.com/WineMumsPod Website: winemumspodcast.libsyn.com

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When we call something "terrorism" or "racism" or "sexism" when it's not, we are watering down the act and desensitizing people to it.

Best age to start a business, Bulldog football has some serious allegations launched against it and Vince Neil is well past the prime.

Sal is a Latin American Female Film Director. She is passionate about working on documentaries/ films based on a true story. In this episode: - We dive deep into Sal's childhood memories of being on the edge of poverty and instability - Powerful cover coating skills - Research “Map the System” in Oxford University, UK - What the film production set looks like in progress Sal's IG https://www.instagram.com/salpuntocom/ Sal's film peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlRm59hVOD8

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Does anyone care about the redshirt waterboy? Are you a roller? A tosser and a turner? Will there be fans in seats this MLB season? Does LeBron need to dial it back? Can you believe that it's been 21 years since the legendary Tom Brady combine photo? Is it a mistake to have an audience suggestion box? Was $5 too little for a theme song? Answers to all of these very serious questions (and more!) in this week's episode. Special thanks to Friend of the Pod Lukas Jaeger for the Mascot Battle Royale intro. Thanks to Fiverr users Arshann, Ivan Tinari, Mete911, and Mustafaturana for their contributions. Be sure to vote in the Battle Royale match-ups and our theme song contest on Twitter (@Redshirt_pod). Submit to the *audience audience audience audience suggestion box* via gmail: redshirtwaterboys @ gmail dot com.Help grow our show! Subscribe and share today!

In this more serious episode Dylan tackles a rather serious topic that affects people every day.

Levins and Mitch make their triumphant return to Australia's third most popular food podcast for an episode about Anthony Bourdain, travelling and failure in the restaurant industry. This episode is brought to you by LEVINS! Specifically, all of his podcasts! He's putting up a new episode of each of his five podcasts every day this week, including Hey Fam, The Mitchen, Old Raps, Serious Issues and All The Small Games! If you listen to all of them, you'll be able to put together a secret message that will maybe give you access to something cool and/or disappointing! Fun!  Thanks for all the messages asking us to come back - we love hearing from you! As always, get in touch via themitchenpodcast@gmail.com or via the social media links below. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKINSTAGRAM / LEVINS / MITCHTWITTER: LEVINS / MITCH See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.