Why dieting never works, but a systems-approach to health can - with Bronwyn Fletcher
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of diet culture on women's health and promotes a systems-approach to understanding health.
Unrealistic body standards are inescapable for young women. Between diet culture, food rules at home, and stick- thin models all over our screens, it’s hard to feel in touch with what our body needs. Nurse, midwife and systems-thinking expert Bronwyn Fletcher spent her childhood fixated on understanding what was and wasn’t healthy - she later found she wasn’t always given the right information. Turns out eating less and moving more doesn’t always equal weight loss and more importantly b...
People in this episode
Hosts: Kirsten Diprose, Jackie Elliott
Guest: Bronwyn Fletcher
Topics covered
- diet culture
- health systems
- body image
- nutrition
- women's health
Keywords
- dieting
- body standards
- health
- nutrition
- women
- systems thinking
- weight loss
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