Unpacking Weight Science
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago -Mainstream weight science is built upon a plethora of assumptions. We now know that many of these assumptions about human body weight and health are flawed. Let me tell you why.
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Article reading: 'What's in a word? On weight stigma and terminology'
February 26, 2019 04:13 - 13 minutes - 18.1 MBThis article is a really important discussion of the issues around how we refer to different body types. Because not everyone has the time, opportunity or ability to sit and read journal articles, I've done an audio recording for you. Enjoy :-) The article details are: Meadows, Angela, and Sigrún Daníelsdóttir. "What's in a word? On weight stigma and terminology." Frontiers in psychology 7 (2016): 1527. Available open access here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016...
Ep 5 Anatomy of a weight loss paper
January 25, 2019 06:03 - 28 minutes - 39 MBA research paper is a piece of persuasive writing. This episode breaks down how all the pieces fit together, the expected rhetoric of weight loss research, common research methods that guarantee statistical significance at the cost of clinical practicalities, how to spot hyperbole, and how the way we usually read research papers leaves us at the mercy of the authors biases. Find supporting materials at www.unpackingweightscience.com and subscribe to the Unpacking Weight Science Patreon to...
Ep 4: Weight Bias, Stigma and Discrimination
October 30, 2018 04:11 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBThis episode is an introduction and defines the terms, discusses their impact on healthcare, society and the lives of the people who are impacted by weight-centrism. Use the Unpacking Weight Science Podcast as professional development! Subscribe for the most recent episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/UnpackingWeightScience Buy the study guide (further reading, supporting materials and self-test quizzes): http://www.lulu.com/shop/fiona-willer/unpacking-weight-science-episodes-1-12-su...
Ep 3. How we got here: BMI meets death
October 30, 2018 03:57 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBA history of the development of the BMI (including how 'obesity' ended up on child growth charts), how we discovered there was a relationship with weight and death, and how a few powerful men gifted us the weight-centrism we have today. Use the Unpacking Weight Science Podcast as professional development! Subscribe for the most recent episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/UnpackingWeightScience Buy the study guide (further reading, supporting materials and self-test quizzes): http://ww...
Ep 2: Demystifying Assumptions, De-myth-defying Assumptions
September 18, 2018 05:31 - 21 minutes - 29 MBThis episode discusses the two main myths that perpetuate weight loss encouragement as well as the terms, weight centric, weight neutral, lifestyle intervention and concern troll. Learning Outcomes • Recognise the key false assumptions that enable the perpetuation of weight-centric attitudes • Recognise the various common terms used in the size acceptance community, including ‘weight neutral’, ‘weight centric’, lifestyle intervention and weight neutral interventions and finally ‘concern...
Ep 1: Stuck in a Weight-Centric Operating System - by Unpacking Weight Science
September 04, 2018 04:33 - 20 minutes - 27.5 MBWhy is it that everyone seems to be pushing a weight-centric agenda? Weight centrism is a cultural norm, medical behemoth, and capitalist bonanza. This podcast delves into the forces that bind us externally and internally, to weight centrism. Want the supporting materials for this episode? Get the full show notes, further reading and self-assessment quizes for Episodes 1-12 here. To access all the episodes before everyone else and get supporting materials as they're released, subscribe to ...