Banning Noncompete Clauses by the Federal Trade Commission would dramatically change the structure of medical health networks and greatly increase competition-It may destroy vulnerable medical systems who stand to lose physicians to higher paying neighbors ftc.gov/news-events/ne…
#Noncompete clauses in contracts prevent employees from leaving a business, practice, or company and opening up their own establishment or joining a competitor in a location adjacent to their previous employer. They prevent competition locally. 2/
These clauses protect the company that is losing the individual and prevent employees from leaving unless they choose to move their location. 3/
The word ‘#obese’ is now considered unacceptable by the world’s academic community and should be changed by the @WHO to #obesity - because: a person has a disease called obesity and that person is NOT the disease itself. @pattynece@Eggface@PaulDavidsonPhD@ConscienHealth
Unfortunately the word ‘obese’ is still used as a medical term but many journals are NOW dropping it and editing content to the NEW correct terminology when referring to people, which is “person with obesity” @Nature@NEJM
A very interesting thread on @Reddit with @Walgreens employees and others discussing the rules made by @LillyPad to only place through prescriptions with the diagnosis of #diabetes - #Mounjaro is NOT YET indicated by the @US_FDA for #obesity as a diagnosis
The stigma for #obesity is directed at those with the disease. Unfortunately our society perceives that obesity is a “second class” disease and should be treated as such. Here @Walgreens employees are admitting to discriminating against patients 1/
The patients have been prescribed #Mounjaro “off-label” for the treatment of #obesity (because this medication has been shown to result in the highest weight loss of any medication at 22% total body weight lost) 2/
About 5 years ago I had 150 new people following me every day. My tweets were seen by many then one day it all stopped…. A website in Europe detected that I was #shadowbanned by @twitter 1/
Clearly my tweets and retweets were not getting the same impact - I had gained notoriety from my social media presence and I had no answers. I had no recourse. No one at #twitter would respond to my texts, emails, or calls. So… I just worked harder… 2/
I worked on influencing others on and off social media to advocate for fair treatment of those with #obesity and access to care for treatment- others became involved in social medi and #twitter 3/
This is incredible on so many fronts: 1. Brendan Fraser BOLDLY took on the role@of #TheWhale 2. He is discussing the unfair treatment of people who need #obesity care 3. He is endorsed by @AdamSandler
We have broken New Ground
1. Myth: Our current weight only depends on how much we eat and how much we exercise
Reality: Our weight depends on genetic, environmental factors and behavior as well as what and how much we eat, exercise accounts for little weight loss but can help maintain our weight
2. Myth: Any weight can be lost by anyone who eats less food and healthy food
Reality: People with obesity have a very small chance of being able to lose all their weight and keep it off by diet change alone