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When disability and weight gain meet medical bias

My chronic illness makes exercise unpredictable and I have gained weight but doctors keep telling me to just try harder like willpower can override biology.

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The intersection of chronic illness and body size reveals how ableism masquerades as health advice.

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“Where Are You with Weight body size and health — beyond BMI?”

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