EPISODE 10: Where to from here?
Episode 10 explores society's obsession with personal choice over facts, and what can be done about it.
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Oct 1, 20236 min read
EPISODE 9: Magic bullets
From lobbying to conflicts of interest, episode 9 explores interventions to improve the food environment and forces pulling the strings.
Sep 24, 20236 min read
EPISODE 8: 99% fat free
Are all food choices made equal? Episode 8 tackles the art of food advertising and Aotearoa’s voluntary health star rating system.
Sep 17, 20235 min read
EPISODE 7: Enter the discrimination void
It’s legal to discriminate against fat people in the workplace, education, health, and public settings. Why?
Sep 10, 20235 min read
EPISODE 6. A dose of fat and health
Why is it so hard to digest that you can be fat and healthy? For a dose of health and fat, medical prejudice, and more, check out episode 6.
Sep 3, 20235 min read
EPISODE 5. Going under the knife
Weight loss surgery - what is it, how does it work, is it accessible, and what does it mean for the fat community?
Aug 27, 20235 min read
EPISODE 4. Diets shmiets
Could everything we know about dieting and exercise be wrong? Episode four tackles the myths, science, and impacts of dieting.
Aug 20, 20234 min read
EPISODE 3. The colonial project
It surely can’t be coincidence that society’s discontentment towards fatness is also reserved for people of colour.
Aug 13, 20233 min read
EPISODE 2. Genetics loads the gun
Is there more to the story than calories in, calories out? This episode explores physiology, genetics, and the change in food environment.
Aug 6, 20234 min read
EPISODE 1. Let's talk facts
'Let's talk facts' explores the forces behind society’s obsession with ‘the o*esity epidemic’.
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