Content Warning: Discussion of Weight Loss Surgery
Fiona Willer, AdvAPD, FHEA, MAICD and PhD candidate, joins us today to discuss weight science. We talk about everything from bariatric surgery to the state of research around fatness. If you are interested in weight science, you will be interested in this episode!
Some of the topics covered:
Weight Loss Surgery (WLS)
Nutrition after WLS and development/aging
How WLS works
Fatphobia and weight stigma kills more than being fat
Eating/Exercise habits do not predict body size in individuals
Reminder of correlation vs causation and generalization vs individualization
Weight science research
Diabetes and weight loss
Weight loss IS and intervention
Ways to study weight and health that do not involve inducing weight change
How intention around weight affects diet quality
Size affirming care is beneficial to health outcomes
Ellen Maud Bennett
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?n=ellen-maud-bennett&pid=189588876
Fiona Willer: