The Impact of Social Determinants on Health

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 Medical moralism has transformed heart health from a medical issue into a moral judgment. When we label cholesterol as "good" or "bad" and patients as "compliant" or "non-compliant," we're not practicing medicine - we're passing judgment. 

In this episode, I expose how the "lose weight or die" narrative serves financial interests while ignoring the real social determinants of health. I ask whether our obsession with metabolic markers has become a moral measuring stick rather than genuine care, and challenge listeners to question whether health status should ever define human worth. 

This episode's journal article is  "Evidence for the Association Between Adverse Childhood Family Environment, Child Abuse, and Caregiver Warmth and Cardiovascular Health Across the Lifespan: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.” 

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