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Obesity Inc. Has No Place At An Eating Disorders Conference

Obesity Inc. Has No Place At An Eating Disorders Conference

FromAll Fired Up


Obesity Inc. Has No Place At An Eating Disorders Conference

FromAll Fired Up

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Sep 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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This week my guest is Nicole McDermid, social worker, eating disorder survivor, awesome person, and unapologetically living in a larger body. We met at the Australian & New Zealand Association for Eating Disorders (ANZAED) conference in Sydney a few weeks ago, and immediately bonded. In this episode we chat about weight bias in the eating disorders treatment community. You'd think that of all places, an eating disorders conference would be a safe place for people of all shapes and sizes, with an absence of weight focus. But the reality is the opposite! The worst part of the conference was the inclusion of Obesity Inc - literally, people who want to erase fat people entirely - and the apparent trend of firstly, treating people in larger bodies for eating disorders, and then promptly putting them straight back on a diet. What the hell?
Released:
Sep 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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