Weight class articles
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DEI class at UCLA's medical school sets up future doctors to fight the patriarchy and accept 'weight loss is useless'
After the death of George Floyd, the University of California's David Geffen School of Medicine mandated that all first-year students take a DEI course titled "Structural Racism and Health Equity." The course does not provide students with insights into better suturing techniques, healing methods, disease detection, biochemistry, or other conventionally useful medical skills. Rather, its stated purpose is to endow prospective physicians with a "structurally competent, anti-racist lens for...
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Excessive pregnancy weight gain and substantial postpartum weight retention common in military health care beneficiaries
Compared to their civilian counterparts, excessive pregnancy weight gain is more frequent among military health care beneficiaries, in particular active duty personnel, and is associated with costly maternal/neonatal complications. Women in this sample with excessive pregnancy weight gain were also three times more likely to have substantial postpartum weight retention, according to a new study published in the journal Obesity.
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Class war in California
Class-based affirmative action is an illusion, argues Jonathan Bean.