Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford is an Obesity Medicine Physician scientist, Educator, and Policy Maker at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She is a nationally and internationally sought after expert in obesity medicine who bridges the intersection medicine, public health policy, and disparities. She has five degrees, five academic fellowships, over 140 peer-reviewed articles, 55 academic awards, and has given over 300 lectures around the world. She is co-author of the book, Facing Overweight and Obesity. She is also the Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Fatima talk about the role and job of a doctor in academic medicine, how obesity can be understood as a disease, the bias surrounding obese people, the usage of harmful terms with reference to obese people, and the purpose/intended audience of the book, Facing Overweight and Obesity.

Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.

Links:

Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford:

• Book
• Linkedin

Dr. Tony Hampton:

• Book
• Website
• Instagram Account
• Facebook Page
• LinkedIn Account
• Youtube Account
• Advocate Aurora Healthcare Profile
• Dr. Hampton's Low Carb Corner (Diet Doctor)
• Dr. Tony Hampton's Diet Doctor Author Page
• Beyond Impossible Movie

• Dr. Hampton's patient handout