What does it actually look like to shift a medical culture that has spent decades telling patients their weight is the problem? Dr. Lesley Williams, eating disorder specialist, family medicine physician, and Health at Every Size advocate, joins the podcast to talk about what it takes to move that needle, one physician group at a time.We cover:How weight stigma actively drives patients away from care — and why that makes them sicker

What happens when you introduce HAES to a room full of skeptical physicians (including a bariatric surgeon)Why BMI is a 19th-century astronomer's tool that somehow became the backbone of modern medical assessmentThe pattern of praising disordered eating in larger bodies while treating the same behaviors as dangerous in smaller onesHow introducing weight as a clinical goal can create disordered eating in patients who never had it beforeThe surgical access crisis: why larger patients are routinely denied joint replacements and other procedures — and then sent to get bariatric surgery insteadWhat genuine health equity looks like in practice, from waiting room chairs to referral networksWhy physicians' own defensiveness may be one of the biggest barriers to changelesleywilliamsmd.com | wwmedicalgroup.comWant to be notified when new episodes are uploaded? Join our email list - fatnaturopathyoutube.subscribepage.io