We’re going full tinfoil hat in this two-part conversation with the brilliant Ragen Chastain (she/her). In this first episode, Ragen shares the details of how Weight Watchers, Noom, and other companies that promise weight loss manipulate their ‘research’, accept conflict-of-interest funding from pharmaceutical companies, and unethically advise consumers on ‘health.’ This episode will make you furious and much more critical of ‘health’ information.

Ragen Chastain is a speaker, writer, researcher, Board Certified Patient Advocate, multi-certified health and fitness professional, and thought leader in weight science, weight stigma, health, and healthcare. Utilizing her background in research methods and statistics, Ragen has brought her signature mix of humor and hard facts to healthcare, corporate, conference, and college audiences from Kaise ...