008: Why Weight Doesn't Determine Health + Raising Competent Eaters

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There is a huge emphasis that is put on weight and what it means for our overall health, but the implications of doing so are actually making us more unhealthy than ever and stuck in the vicious cycle of diet culture. 

Here to bust the myths around weight and breakdown diet culture is the incredibly brilliant, Dr. Jillian Murphy, ND.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • The stigma against weight and why it isn't an accurate representation of the state of your health

  • The Health At Every Size (HAES) philosophy and movement and how to adopt it's principles

  • Why eating well is different than eating perfectly

  • How to cultivate a pleasurable experience around food

  • The need to focus on health behaviours as a route to achieving health

  • Why 95% of diets fail

  • The link between restriction and dieting and obesity

  • How to normalize your relationship with food

  • How to raise competent intuitive eaters

  • The harmful effects of intervening a child's natural born ability to regulate food

  • Ellen Sattyr's division of responsibility philosophy when it comes to feeding children

  • How not to freak out if your child does not seem to be on the path to being a healthy eater

  • How a preoccupation with food starts and exists

RESOURCES:

Dr. Jillian Murphy:

Website: https://www.foodfreedombodylove.com/

Instagram: @foodfreedombodylove

Facebook: @jillian.murphy.ND

Pinterest: @jillianmurphyND

Podcast

Health At Every Size by Linda Bacon

Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch

Ellyn Sattyr Institute

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