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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Spot on about fasting, and keto has solid evidence as well - https://www.virtahealth.com/ are a great company focused on this. The issue is we're starting to have a more nuanced understanding of the metabolic resistanc
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Haha fancing seeing you here
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Interesting question. We're no longer coming at this from an ED angle - I could & should write a whole blog about this at some point! Quick take: tackling obesity from a wider health angle (metabolic health, psychological health, b
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
100%. We're actually British founders so it's been a baptism of fire learning about the nuances of US healthcare! That said, the US is the focus for the moment, so we're not planning to expand to Europe for quite a while.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Sweet what's the group you're part of? Sounds interesting. It's obviously a great question about the focus on men, and something we think a lot about. My take: the whole industry is focused on women, and there are already coo
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Thanks 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
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Exactly this! Got there before me.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Yep GLP-1 RAs are the gold-standard, if insurance coverage permits (because they are expensive if you have to pay out-of-pocket). The effect is roughly equal in men & women. The big breakthrough was the latest GLP-1 RA called Semaglutid
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
It's tough with the state-by-state regulation. CA & NY are in the coming month or two. Then the plan is the next 5-10 states by end of Q1 2022. We'll be sprinting to go fully nationwide by end of 2022.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Hey folks, Richie here, co-founder of Fella. I'll be responding to comments all day, or feel free to shoot me an email at richie@joinfella.com. If you'd like to check out the site: https://www.joinfella.com/
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Launch HN: Fella (YC W20) – Tackling men's obesity using medication and coaching
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by rich-cartwright 6y ago
great work
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Effortless Scraping into GSheets(getaios.com)
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Four minute summary of Yudkowsky's Inadequate Equilibria(medium.com)
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