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Unpacking Weight Science

Mainstream weight science is built upon a plethora of assumptions. We now know that many of these assumptions about human body weight and health are flawed. Let me tell you why.

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Ep 8 Theoretical vs Actual Weight Change: Industrialised Wishful Thinking

Ep 8 Theoretical vs Actual Weight Change: Industrialised Wishful Thinking

In this episode I compare and contrast what our mathematical formulas about energy requirements and weight loss say shou... Read more

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Ep 7 Weight-Neutral, Health-Enhancing Habits

Ep 7 Weight-Neutral, Health-Enhancing Habits

Those benefits promised by those who recommend weight loss? *whispers* they're not actually because of the weight loss..... Read more

16 Jul 2020

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Ep 5 Anatomy of a weight loss paper

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Ep 4: Weight Bias, Stigma and Discrimination

Ep 4: Weight Bias, Stigma and Discrimination

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Ep 3. How we got here: BMI meets death

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