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

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.

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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