{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68dec999bd7f04b74f27748d/69d8b73900eb02bda1f5ba0c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 23: Dr. Michelle Gordon - Obesity Is Not a Choice","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68dec999bd7f04b74f27748d/1775840039501-ef7041c0-cbd1-49ce-86c1-72d77b952275.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Dr. Michelle Gordon is a board-certified obesity medicine physician — and she’s treated over 15,000 patients.</p><p>In this episode, we talk about what obesity actually is. And what it isn’t.</p><p>Not a lack of discipline.</p><p>Not a simple equation of calories in and out.</p><p>Not a moral failure.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about why weight regain is expected, not exceptional.</p><p>Why GLP-1 is often a long-term treatment — not a quick fix.</p><p>And why midlife women are often told to “try harder” when their biology is working against them.</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Gordon also shares her own experience with GLP-1 — and what changed when the constant fight with food finally quieted.</p><p>This is a conversation about shifting the narrative from blame to biology.</p><p><br></p><p>You can find Dr Gordon at www.drgordon.me or on Instagram: @drmichellegordon</p>","author_name":"The Weight Medicine Podcast"}