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In this episode of ‘The Fat Doctor Podcast’, Dr. Natasha Larmie is joined by Ciekeisha, a stay at home mom and social activist who lives in Texas and shares her firsthand experience of how weight stigma and racism intersect in today's society.

Together Natasha and Ciekeisha share a personal and intimate conversation about the following:

• The intersection between racism and weight stigma
• The social determinants of health including financial stability, access to education and inequalities in healthcare 
• The frightening truth about medical insurance in the USA and how a person's healthcare is determined by their income
• The proper etiquette for eating chicken wing and raising 21st century daughters

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Ciekeisha recommends you collow @saucyewest on Instagram and check out #fightforinclusivity

More about the show:

How would you react if someone told you that most of what we are taught to believe about healthy bodies is a lie? 

How would you feel if that person was a medical doctor with over 20 years experience treating patients and seeing the harm caused by all this misinformation?

In her podcast, Dr Natasha Larmie,  an experienced General Practitioner and self-styled Fat Doctor, examines and challenges 'health' as we know it through passionate, unfiltered conversations with guest experts, colleagues and friends.

She tackles the various ways in which weight stigma and anti-fat bias impact both individuals and society as a whole.  From the classroom to the boardroom, the doctors office to the local pub,  weight-based discriminatio

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