# Ragen Chastain

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474-Beyond GLP-1 Series: What Does Science Really Say About GLP-1? with Ragen Chastain

The science on GLP-1 drugs is not what the marketing says it is. Ragen Chastain has been studying weight science, weight stigma, and healthcare practice for over 20 years. In this episode, she gives us the clearest breakdown yet of what the research actually supports — as of May 2026 — and how to‮…

47. Summer Sabbatical, Fat Community Events, and Skills for the GLP-1 Era

Dana, Hilary, and Sirius record the last Body Trust Podcast episode before a summer sabbatical. They discuss “hot topics,” including Sports Illustrated’s diverse swimsuit runway and the cultural fixation on “flattering” as code for making bodies look smaller, plus fashion imagery like aprons and r‮…

📊 The Weight Loss Research Nobody Talks About with Ragen Chastain

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Ragen Chastain, speaker, researcher, board-certified patient advocate, and leading voice in the fields of weight science, weight stigma, and healthcare. Ragen shares her personal journey from years of chronic dieting and an eating disorder to ‮…

Introducing Exposing Obesity Incorporated

Welcome to the podcast website. We're Louise Adams and Ragen Chastain, two speakers, writers, and researchers who have been exploring and exposing the sordid underbelly of the weight loss industry for almost a half century combined. The weight loss industry has spent decades infiltrating and manip‮…

59: You Can End Food Noise Without Weight Loss Drugs

Is food noise loud in your head? In this episode, I break down what food noise actually is, why your brain produces it, and why using a GLP-1 is a mask, not a fix. If you or someone you love is weighing up a weight loss drug, this gives you the fuller picture before you decide.Please note: I say t‮…

51. [Rerun] Ragen Chastain on GLP-1s, Weight Science, and Ethical Informed Consent

In this rerun of episode 42 hosts Dana, Sirius, and Hilary welcome fat activist and researcher Ragen Chastain, author of the Weight and Healthcare Substack and founder of the Dances With Fat blog onto the podcast. Ragen discusses her entry into fat civil rights and healthcare advocacy and describe‮…

GLP-1 Medications: What We Know About Safety, Food Noise, and Weight Loss with Ragen Chastain

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound have gone from relatively niche diabetes medications to one of the biggest (and most controversial) stories in health and wellness. As you may have noticed, I’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from the podcast the past couple of months while ‮…

Beyond GLP-1 Weight Loss: Weight Regain, Long-Term Use, and Pharma Influence with Ragen Chastain (Part Two)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com This is part two of my conversation with Ragen Chastain. We pick up with the question of what happens when people stop taking GLP-1 medications, and whether “taking them for life” is actually supported ‮…

97. Beyond the Food with Stephanie Dodier

In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri talks with non-diet nutritionist and cognitive behavioral coach Stephanie Dodier about how many people move from rejecting diet culture into a new "health" identity that still moralizes food as healthy/unhealthy, keeping them stuck in food noise, sha‮…

Episode 328: Fat Liberation at Harvard Medical School (with Brad Polumbo)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Brad Polumbo to discuss a revelatory panel on fat liberation held at Harvard Medical School, featuring New York Times contributor Roxane Gay, fat activist Ragen Chastain, and Da’Shaun Harrison, the socialist commentator who recently went viral ‮…