111: Breaking Down Weight Science

Nutrition Matters Podcast

Paige Smathers

Weightloss, Eatingdisorder, Kids & Family, Eating, Nutritionist, Nutrition, Health, Dietitian, Health & Fitness, Recovery, Food, Mindfulness

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Fiona Willer, AdvAPD is a dietitian and academic who has devoted her career to empower health professionals to adopt weight neutral practice by providing support and training in how and why to do so. In short, she wants to destroy the perception and practice of 'dietitian as food police.' She does this though online and in-person training and is in the final stretch of completing her PhD. She is such an asset to the dietetics field!

In this podcast episode, Fiona and Paige discuss the history of weight research. Fiona breaks down the concept and history of BMI and dispels myths that have been perpetuated for decades about weight. She also gives an incredibly valuable insight into the biases in the research world. If you've ever wondered about the research that supports a weight-neutral approach to health and nutrition, listen in!

Links mentioned:

Fiona's website: http://www.healthnotdiets.com/
Fiona's podcast: https://www.unpackingweightscience.com/
Low fat versus low carb study discussed in this episode
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0:00.0	You're listening to Nutrition Matters podcast with Paige Smathers, registered dietitian nutritionist.
0:09.9	Hi everyone, it's Paige Smathers. Thanks so much for being here.
0:14.1	Nutrition Matters podcast explores what really matters in nutrition and health with a sensitive and realistic approach.
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0:55.6	if you'd like to have a little more food for thought. Thank you for listening.
1:01.6	Hey everyone, welcome to Nutrition Matters podcast. My name is Paige Smathers, and I'm so glad you're here.
1:08.4	Before we dive into this week's podcast episode, I wanted to just
1:12.9	invite all of you who are registered dietitians or anyone who's a clinician. I am putting on a
1:20.8	webinar on April 18, 2018. So if you're listening to this in the future, this will be a little
1:26.9	bit irrelevant to you.
1:28.6	But I'm putting on a webinar all about the dietitian's role in substance use disorders.
1:34.2	And this is a topic that's near and dear to my heart and that I feel is really important
1:40.0	and kind of often underutilized or not really paid attention to enough.
1:47.1	And so I am offering 1.5 continuing education credits for those of you who attend.
1:53.2	It's $10 to attend the workshop and you can sign up at my website at positive dash nutrition.com
1:59.8	slash webinar.
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