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The Fat Doctor Podcast
Dr Asher Larmie
Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 146
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 their podcast, Dr Asher 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.They tackle 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 discrimination is everywhere. Is it any wonder that it has such an impact on our health? Whether you're a person affected by weight stigma, a healthcare professional, a concerned parent or an ally who shares our view that people in larger bodies deserve better, Asher and the team at 'The Fat Doctor Podcast' welcomes you into the inner circle.
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Wellness Influencers: A 400-Year History of the Same Old BS
Season 6 · Episode 6
mercredi 18 février 2026 • Duration 40:51
Wellness culture didn't start with Instagram. From George Cheyne's 1724 bestseller to Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters redefining fat bodies as "the enemy within," the methods and ideology haven't changed in four centuries—even as the evidence proves they've never worked. In this episode, I trace wellness influencers back to the 17th century, exposing how former fat people turned their weight cycling into moral crusades, transforming fat bodies from "friendly jokes" into threats deserving punishment. These aren't just historical curiosities—they're the architects of today's war on ob*sity, and understanding their playbook helps us see modern wellness influencers for what they really are: unoriginal copycats parroting 400-year-old nonsense.
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It's Not Your Fault: The Real Factors That Control Your Weight
Season 6 · Episode 5
mercredi 11 février 2026 • Duration 25:38
The weight loss industry has convinced us that being fat is a personal failure—a consequence of eating too much and moving too little. But the truth is far more complex and liberating. Your weight is controlled by genetics, epigenetics, environmental factors, trauma, chronic stress, and systems of oppression that were intentionally designed to control marginalized bodies.
In this episode, I break down the scientific evidence showing why the "calories in, calories out" narrative is a lie, explore how everything from urbanization to discrimination drives weight gain through cortisol, and reveal how this cycle of blame was always rooted in anti-Black racism, capitalism, and misogyny. It's time to shift responsibility from individuals to the systems and institutions whose literal job it is to address these conditions—because you didn't break this, and you shouldn't have to fix it.
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Ignoring the Harm: Why We Justify Suffering for Weight Loss
Season 5 · Episode 36
mercredi 12 novembre 2025 • Duration 32:10
When doctors recommend weight loss, they describe the supposed benefits but remain silent about the harms—reduced metabolism, increased appetite, hormonal disruption, eating disorders, and profound mental health impacts. This ethical failure extends beyond outdated diet advice to newer interventions like GLP-1 medications, where we celebrate short-term metabolic improvements while ignoring gastrointestinal distress, financial burden, social isolation, and unknown long-term consequences.
In this episode, Asher challenges the dangerous assumption that fat people should suffer to become thinner, exposing how this narrative serves the weight loss industry's profits while treating fat bodies as unworthy of basic ethical consideration in healthcare.
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- BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
- JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
- THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members.
- BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
- EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
- FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense
Why the American Academy of Pediatrics is WRONG (part 1)
Season 3 · Episode 1
mercredi 18 janvier 2023 • Duration 01:08:08
There is a CONTENT WARNING for stigmatizing language, medical weight stigma/ trauma and s**icide. Asher is joined by regular guest Jeanette Thompson-Wessen (she/her), Anti-diet Nutritionist, Intuitive Eating and Body Acceptance Coach. Together they discuss the recently published American Academy of Pedicatrics (AAP) guidelines on the management of childhood & adolescent oB*siTy, in particular the evidence (or lack of evidence) that supports their advice that:
- Children as young as 12 should be offered weight loss drugs
- Children as young as 13 should be offered weight loss surgery
Thank you for listening
You can find out more about Jeanette on her website and by following her on social media. Click here to book one of her courses.
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 series 2 of their podcast, Dr Asher Larmie, an experienced General Practitioner and self-styled Fat Doctor, talks all things related to weight stigma, fatphobia and fat liberation. They will be joined by several regular guests as well as guests from throughout the fat activism sphere.
They tackles the various ways in which these laws contribute to weight stigma and fat oppression through passionate, unfiltered conversations with guest experts, colleagues and friends. In order to really tackle weight stigma, Asher believes that you must first challenge society's definition of health, it's relationship with disease, and why fat has become public enemy number one.
Whether you're a person affected by weight stigma, a healthcare professional, a concerned parent or an ally who shares our view that people in larger bodies deserve better, Dr. Larmie and the team at 'The Fat Doctor Podcast' welcomes you into the inner circle
Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know!
Connect With Me
- BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
- JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
- THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members.
- BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
- EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
- FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense
The Crazy Progressive Liberal Snowflake
Season 3 · Episode 1
mercredi 11 mai 2022 • Duration 25:02
Welcome to Episode 1 of Season 3 of the Fat Doctor Podcast, or as Asher likes to think of it, the reboot. In this episode they be challenge the crazy progressive liberal snowflake stereotype. Apparently fat liberation is extremism. Or is it?
In this episode, Asher discusses:
- Their own journey into fat liberation
- Why basic human rights and freedom from discrimination and oppression is not radical extremism
- Why BMI and "ob*sity" have no business being part of heath or healthcare
- Why focusing on weight loss is a waste of breath
Thank you for listening
If you enjoy this podcast and would like to support Asher so that they can continue making them, you can join them on Patreon. If you fancy connecting with other like-minded people in a safe and non judgmental environment, then why not join their Facebook group the ‘Friends of The Fat Doctor’? You can also check out their webiste or find them on all the usual social media channels including Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok.
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 series 2 of their podcast, Dr Asher Larmie, an experienced General Practitioner and self-styled Fat Doctor, examines and challenges the laws that make up the foundations of mordern day healthism.
They tackles the various ways in which these laws contribute to weight stigma and fat oppression through passionate, unfiltered conversations with guest experts, colleagues and friends. In order to really tackle weight stigma, Asher believes that you must first challenge society's definition of health, it's relationship with disease, and why fat has become public enemy number one.
Whether you're a person affected by weight stigma, a healthcare professional, a concerned parent or an ally who shares our view that people in larger bodies deserve better, Dr. Larmie and the team at 'The Fat Doctor Podcast' welcomes you into the inner circle
Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know!
Connect With Me
- BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
- JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
- THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members.
- BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
- EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
- FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense
Challenging the twelfth law: Is it OK to discriminate against fat people?
Season 2 · Episode 14
dimanche 1 mai 2022 • Duration 28:32
In the final episode of season 2, Dr. Asher Larmie not only asks the question "is it OK to discriminate against fat people", but they also reflect on the future of the Fat Doctor Podcast.
In this episode, Asher discusses:
- Why the wellness industry keeps getting it wrong
- What it means to be a "progressive"
- The reality of podcasting and how they plan to make this podcast more sustainable for the future
Thank you for listening
If you enjoy this podcast and would like to support Asher so that they can continue making them, you can join them on Patreon. If you fancy connecting with other like-minded people in a safe and non judgmental environment, then why not join their Facebook group the ‘Friends of The Fat Doctor’? You can also check out their webiste or find them on all the usual social media channels including Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok.
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 series 2 of their podcast, Dr Asher Larmie, an experienced General Practitioner and self-styled Fat Doctor, examines and challenges the laws that make up the foundations of mordern day healthism.
They tackles the various ways in which these laws contribute to weight stigma and fat oppression through passionate, unfiltered conversations with guest experts, colleagues and friends. In order to really tackle weight stigma, Asher believes that you must first challenge society's definition of health, it's relationship with disease, and why fat has become public enemy number one.
Whether you're a person affected by weight stigma, a healthcare professional, a concerned parent or an ally who shares our view that people in larger bodies deserve better, Dr. Larmie and the team at 'The Fat Doctor Podcast' welcomes you into the inner circle
Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know!
Connect With Me
- BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
- JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
- THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members.
- BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
- EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
- FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense
Challenging the eleventh law: is BMI fit for purpose?
Season 2 · Episode 13
mardi 12 avril 2022 • Duration 01:04:31
In order to challenge the eleventh law of healthism, Dr. Asher Larmie is joined by Body Trust® Coach Nicola Hagett.
In this episode, Asher and Nicola discuss:
- The double bind of health and healthcare
- What medical trauma looks like
- Compassion for those that feel the need to perform the role of the "good fat"
References:
Nicola can be found on Instagram, and Twitter. You can sign up to her newslette and find all the information about the services she offers on her website.
Thank you for listening
If you enjoy this podcast and would like to support Asher so that they can continue making them, you can join them on Patreon. If you fancy connecting with other like-minded people in a safe and non judgmental environment, then why not join their Facebook group the ‘Friends of The Fat Doctor’? You can also check out their webiste or find them on all the usual social media channels including Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok.
More about Nicola
Nicola a Body Trust Coach for plus-sized/fat humans. She iz also a fat person who practices Body Trust® every day in order to heal, thrive, and reclaim the joy and pleasure in her life.
She supports and guides smart, socially conscious humans to heal their relationship with food, unlearn body shame, and live their fullest life, right now, in the body they’re in.
Nicola helps folks move from “getting it intellectually” to integrating these approaches fully into their life – without getting pulled off course by Diet Culture and Anti-Fatness. She shows people how to explore, name & reclaim their Body Story, learn to trust their body’s wisdom, unpack fear of weight gain, and redefine what health and wellbeing mean for them.
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 series 2 of their podcast, Dr Asher Larmie, an experienced General Practitioner and self-styled Fat Doctor, examines and challenges the laws that make up the foundations of mordern day healthism.
They tackles the various ways in which these laws contribute to weight stigma and fat oppression through passionate, unfiltered conversations with guest experts, colleagues and friends. In order to really tackle weight stigma, Asher believes that you must first challenge society's definition of health, it's relationship with disease, and why fat has become public enemy number one.
Whether you're a person affected by weight stigma, a healthcare professional, a concerned parent or an ally who shares our view that people in larger bodies deserve better, Dr. Larmie and the team at 'The Fat Doctor Podcast' welcomes you into the inner circle
Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know!
Connect With Me
- BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
- JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
- THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members.
- BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
- EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
- FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense
Challenging the tenth law: can anyone lose weight if they try hard enough?
Season 2 · Episode 12
vendredi 1 avril 2022 • Duration 54:57
In order to challeng the tenth law of healthism, Dr. Asher Larmie is joined by comedian and Tik Tok sensation Cara McB.
In this episode, Asher and Cara discuss:
- Health through the lens of productivity and capitalism
- The process of ditching diet culture to fighting for social justice
- How privilege influences health
References:
Cara can be found on Instagram, and Tik Tok.
Thank you for listening
If you enjoy this podcast and would like to support Asher so that they can continue making them, you can join them on Patreon. If you fancy connecting with other like-minded people in a safe and non judgmental environment, then why not join their Facebook group the ‘Friends of The Fat Doctor’? You can also check out their webiste or find them on all the usual social media channels including Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok.
Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know!
Connect With Me
- BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
- JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
- THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members.
- BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
- EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
- FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense
Challenging the ninth law: Can fatness be "cured" by eating less and exercising more?
Season 2 · Episode 11
mercredi 30 mars 2022 • Duration 54:08
In order to challenge the eighth law of healthism, Dr. Asher Larmie is joined by Superfat fitness instructor Becky Scott, founder of Missfits Workout.
In this episode, Asher and Becky discuss:
- The difference between longevity and quality of life and how this relates to health
- Performing the role of the "good fat"
- What it is like to be a fat fitness professional
- The role of thin allies in the fitness profession
References:
Becky can be found on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. You can find all the information about the classes she offers on her website and you can also join her at FPAWS and as part of the Rebel Body Collective.
Thank you for listening
If you enjoy this podcast and would like to support Asher so that they can continue making them, you can join them on Patreon. If you fancy connecting with other like-minded people in a safe and non judgmental environment, then why not join their Facebook group the ‘Friends of The Fat Doctor’? You can also check out their webiste or find them on all the usual social media channels including Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok.
More about Becky
Becky is a trained as a fitness instructor and now leads her own dance-based exercise classes. She promotes a holistic approach to fitness and wellbeing that’s not about aesthetics - She’s more about building confidence than muscle, more about losing inhibitions than inches! Becky’s approach offers a great introduction to dance based group fitness for those who don’t feel ‘at home’ in the gym - with a plus size instructor who has designed routines with plus size bodies in mind.
She is a founding members of Fitness Professionals Against Weight Stigma, a Community Interest Company striving to create inclusive fitness spaces where every body feels welcome and comfortable enough to feel the true benefits of physical activity. In addition, she recently joined the Rebel Body Collective, a community of weight-neutral, size-inclusive, HAES-aligned, body liberation-oriented movement professionals.
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 series 2 of their podcast, Dr Asher Larmie, an experienced General Practitioner and self-styled Fat Doctor, examines and challenges the laws that make up the foundations of mordern day healthism.
They tackles the various ways in which these laws contribute to weight stigma and fat oppression through passionate, unfiltered conversations with guest experts, colleagues and friends. In order to really tackle weight stigma, Asher believes that you must first challenge society's definition of health, it's relationship with disease, and why fat has become public enemy number one.
Whether you're a person affected by weight stigma, a healthcare professional, a concerned parent or an ally who shares our view that people in larger bodies deserve better, Dr. Larmie and the team at 'The Fat Doctor Podcast' welcomes you into the inner circle.
Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know!
Connect With Me
- BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
- JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
- THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members.
- BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
- EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
- FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense
Challenging the eighth law: Is fatness a sign of weakness and lack of self respect?
mercredi 16 mars 2022 • Duration 01:02:28
In order to challenge the eighth law of healthism, Dr. Asher Larmie is joined by eating disorder advocate William Hornby. Content Warning for eating disorders.
In this episode, Asher and William discuss:
- The dangers of performance and appearance based health
- What eating disorders actually look like as opposed to what we think they look like
- The challenges of recovering from an eating disorder into a fatphobic world
- Ways to support recovery, especially in men/masculine presenting people
References:
William can be found on Instagram and TikTok. You can also find a number of resources on his website.
You can listen to his music on Spotify and YouTube
Thank you for listening
If you enjoy this podcast and would like to support Asher so that they can continue making them, you can join them on Patreon. If you fancy connecting with other like-minded people in a safe and non judgmental environment, then why not join their Facebook group the ‘Friends of The Fat Doctor’? You can also check out their webiste or find them on all the usual social media channels including Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok.
More about William
William Hornby is at the forefront of raising awareness for men with eating disorders with his advocacy on TikTok and Instagram Reels. He is a recording artist as well. (His debut single, “Clay,” is out on all streaming platforms now!) He currently holds a BBA in Business Management from Temple University and expects to earn his BFA in Musical Theatre in 2022. He trained in classical voice at the prestigious Baltimore School for the Arts. He loves hiking, listening to NPR, and carving pumpkins. He is humbled to be asked on to such an incredible podcast.
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 series 2 of their podcast, Dr Asher Larmie, an experienced General Practitioner and self-styled Fat Doctor, examines and challenges the laws that make up the foundations of mordern day healthism.
They tackles the various ways in which these laws contribute to weight stigma and fat oppression through passionate, unfiltered conversations with guest experts, colleagues and friends. In order to really tackle weight stigma, Asher believes that you must first challenge society's definition of health, it's relationship with disease, and why fat has become public enemy number one.
Whether you're a person affected by weight stigma, a healthcare professional, a concerned parent or an ally who shares our view that people in larger bodies deserve better, Dr. Larmie and the team at 'The Fat Doctor Podcast' welcomes you into the inner circle.
Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know!
Connect With Me
- BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
- JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
- THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members.
- BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
- EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
- FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense
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