Weight Science with Fiona Willer, AdvAPD, FHEA, MAICD

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:

https://www.unpackingweightscience.com

https://www.fionawiller.com

https://www.healthnotdiets.com