EP 89 - Blowing the Lid Off Weight Science w/ Fiona Willer

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!}