Navigating the Longest Inch in the Human Body

Maggie Landes MD MPH
6 min readJan 24, 2020

A primer for putting one’s money where their mouth is

Photo by William Warby on Unsplash

What is the longest inch in the human body?

No, not that one.

What I’m talking about is the distance between the mouth and the brain. To be totally fair, it’s probably not even an inch, but using the title “Navigating the Longest 1.7 Centimeters” didn’t have the same zing. The point…

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Maggie Landes MD MPH

Pediatrician and Public Health Nutritionist on a mission to disassemble the culture of weight stigma in healthcare. www.maggielandesmd.com