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Congratulations on the launch fella team! What would you say the biggest learning is you’ve had since starting this journey?
by mattmorley 5y ago
Congratulations on the launch fella team!
What would you say the biggest learning is you’ve had since starting this journey?
- rich-cartwright 5y agoThanks Matt! Few things: 1. As we said in the post, men represent only ~10% of those using weight management services in the US, despite representing ~50% of those with obesity. Pretty fascinating to reflect on the reasons why. 2. There are only ~5000 board-certified obesity doctors in the US, roughly one for every 70000 Americans. 3. Binge Eating Disorder is the most common eating disorder, and has above 20% clinical prevalence in those above 40 BMI. Maybe most importantly: the bias towards willpower and the stigma against medical treatment for obesity (medication or surgery) is very real, especially among family doctors. This will change over the coming decade, but it's deeply routed.