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Fit & Fearless

What is health?

Fit & Fearless

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Radical dietician Lucy Aphramor joins Tally, Zanna and Vicky to discuss her views on why health can be about much more than just our weight or BMI, and why social factors could also play a part. Public Health England figures show 63% of adults in England were classified as overweight or obese in 2015, and the Royal College of Physicians has called for obesity to urgently be recognised as a disease. To find out more - including a BMI calculator - head to the NHS website here: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/bmi-calculator/

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts

0:04.5

This is Fit and Fillus from BBC Five Live

0:25.5

Hello this is Talley Vicki's here

0:27.6

Hi, I'm Zanah's here. Hello and we are the Girl Gains. Welcome to Fit and Fillus.

0:32.8

This podcast is all about getting active, being healthy, eating well and having confidence in our bodies.

0:38.0

And this is the final episode of the current series. Can you believe it has gone by so quickly,

0:43.4

but it's been an absolute cracker and today's episode is nothing less than a good one.

0:48.2

We've got a fabulous guest for you today. And if you've missed any of our previous episodes,

0:52.0

do not worry because they are all over on the BBC Sounds app for you to download and listen to

0:57.2

and whenever you are listening, please do get in touch. You can find us on social media at

1:02.0

BBC Five Live and at the Girl Gains using hashtag Fit and Fillus. And as we've said,

1:07.5

every time before we really do genuinely enjoy reading all of your messages, just like this one

1:11.7

from Maria Weber who says, I love the Fit and Fillus podcast. They have cured my favourite

1:16.1

flying as I listen to them whenever I'm on a plane. Oh, look at that kiss, that's serious business

1:20.7

girls. We've actually cured a fair flying. Now that really is Fett and Failless. Good on you Maria.

1:26.3

Hit it, Mrs. This is Fit and Fillus. The Fett and Failless podcast. It's Failless from BBC Five Live.

1:33.8

So today's guest describes herself as a radical dietician. She is a poet. She is the co-author of

1:40.3

the book Body Respect and founder of Well Now. We have Lucy Aframar. Welcome. Welcome.

1:49.3

Well, it's a lovely welcome. Thanks very much everybody. I'm really, really thrilled to be here

1:53.3

with you today and really looking forward to chatting. We got that right. We didn't miss anything.

1:59.1

So you're a poet and a dietician. Not the typical careers you think would go hand in hand. How

2:05.6

did you, I suppose let's start with how did you get in dietic? Was it poetry came later?

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