This week Laura's joined by Fiona Willer, HAES dietitian + PhD researcher, director of Health Not Diets + author of The Non Diet Approach Guidebook for Dietitians. They take a deep dive into the current evidence within the weight science arena, pulling it apart to figure out what we can learn from it + improvements that need to be made in research + clinical practice going forward.
In this episode they discuss:
✨ The historical inaccuracy of the paleo diet using Fiona's archeological knowledge
✨ Unpacking the evidence in weight science + how it's so important that we read it critically
✨ What "statistical unicorns" are + the problems w/ the National Weight Control Registry
✨ Weight bias in the context of Tess Holiday's Cosmo cover + why the term 'weight bias' is probably not very accurate
✨ Nuggets of wisdom for what to do if you know that diets don't work but your doctor tells you to lose weight ... again
Show Notes
{Fi on Insta | Twitter}
{Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess}
{PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles - I'll share international links when they become available!}
{Raising Intuitive Eaters Workshop}
{Health, Not Diets website}
{Unpacking Weight Science}
{How to Respond When the Doctor Body Shames You + HCP card}
{Critique of the National Weight Control Registry}
{Combined Impact of Health Behaviours and Mortality study}
{Follow us on Insta!}
As an extra little nugget of podcast gold, we're releasing this section of Laura's discussion with Nadia on body talk - "positive" + negative.
They discuss:
✨ How best to respond to body talk w/ friends + family
✨ How even "positive" body talk can be unhelpful
✨ What to say when your friend says that they've lost weight
✨ Tips on what to do if the temptation to engage in critical self talk arrises.
Show Notes
{Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess}
{PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles - I'll share international links when they become available!}
{Raising Intuitive Eaters Workshop}
{Nadia on Twitter | UWE}
{Centre for Appearance Research on Twitter}
{Appearance Matters podcast}
{DSMG ep. w/ Anna Kessel}
{DSMG ep. w/ Jennifer Rollin}
{What to Say Instead of "You're Not Fat" - Kelsey Miller}
{The Independent article on THAT Kim Kardashian post}
{Follow us on Insta!}
The pod is back for its 3rd season! And this week Laura speaks to Nadia Craddock, one half of the Appearance Matters podcast - the official podcast of the Centre for Appearance Research at UWE. They take a dive deep into the research on body image (BI) - what it currently shows us + what's missing, get into the nitty gritty of the wider social justice piece around body image, and finish off by sharing some practical tips for challenging negative body image.
In this episode, Laura and Nadia discuss:
✨What positive + negative BI is
✨The consequences of our BI on our sense of self-worth
✨The public health implications of BI
✨The wider social justice issues surrounding BI, including how intersecting marginalised identities can impact on BI
✨ And finally, pointers for developing better BI
Show Notes
{Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess}
{PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles - I'll share international links when they become available!}
{Raising Intuitive Eaters Workshop}
{Nadia on Twitter | UWE}
{Centre for Appearance Research on Twitter}
{Appearance Matters podcast}
{Queer Eye on Netflix}
{Free Being Me}
{Confident Body Confident Child website}
{Body Confident Mums website}
{When Love Stays poem}
{Follow us on Insta!}