Digital Health Entrepreneurship: What You Need to Know
Karla Lester, MD outlines key findings learned over her years of digital entrepreneurship, to help physicians interested in digital health entrepreneurship optimize their own success.
Is Gwyneth Paltrow the Ultimate Almond Mom?
Karla Lester, MD, explains what an Almond Mom is. She also sets the record straight about Almond Dads and Almond Doctors, both of which exist.
A Doctor’s Take on Weight Loss Medications and Teens
Karla Lester, M.D. talks about GLP-1 agonists for weight loss and cautions us to stay out of singular solution quick fix thinking while treating a chronic complex disease in teens.
TikTok Perpetuates Toxic Diet Culture in Teens! Here’s What To Do About It!
Karla Lester, M.D. says social media usage perpetuates disordered eating and negative body image among teens. In this article, she shares how to show up on TikTok so they’ll listen!.
Teens Don’t Care about Body Mass Index! Why Should We?
Karla Lester, MD explains why healthcare’s shakespearean love affair with BMI needs to go quietly into the night and why BMI is, at best, neutral and, at worst, has been misused to create weight shame and blame.
Parents, Diet Culture is Unfun and Unfunny
Karla Lester, MD, shares that Gen Z is the loneliest and most stressed generation, and asks parents to increase the laughing/unnecessary seriousness ratio in their teen’s life.
Bon Jour! Travel and Boundary Setting Tips for Parents of Teens!
Karla Lester, M.D. advises about being flexible when traveling with teens and not hesitating to set healthy boundaries for yourself.
Fat Acceptance is a Human Acceptance Movement
Karla Lester, M.D. shares that fat acceptance is grabbing America by her shoulders and shaking her awake to finally see our common humanity.
Book: “the magical everywhere”
“the magical everywhere” is a beautifully illustrated children’s book by Dr. Karla Lester where young readers are transported around the world visiting all 7 continents and landing back at home to find the magical is everywhere!
Parents, Stay in Your Lane when Helping Teens Make Big Life Decisions!
Karla Lester, M.D. guides parents by asking: let’s help our teens make life decisions from a place of self-love, self-worth, and self-compassion.
Parents, Stop Weight Bullying Your Kid and Your Kid’s Friends
It’s a sad truth, Karla Lester, M.D. tells us, that we have actual data showing parents are so stuck in diet culture they weight-bully their own kids and even their kid’s friends.
Parents, Ready to Do “The Work” for Your Teen?
Parents, stop blaming your teen for how you feel and do “The Work”!