Today, I bring you Olivia Palmer, a Registered Nutritionist and Health Psychologist. Olivia has worked with thousands of women in health and weight loss settings, and she reached a very clear conclusion: We need to stop telling people that they need to lose weight to be healthy

This conversation is for those who don’t want their worth measured by a number on a scale and who know they deserve care beyond their weight.

Women with PCOS are told to lose weight at pretty much every appointment they go to, so this conversation is a valuable exploration of biology, psychology, public health systems, culture, and, unfortunately, stigma.

We are detaching the equation of Weight = Health.

We cover:

* The problem with “lose weight” as a prescription

* Should weight be ignored completely?

* The importance of addressing the underlying biology

* Why does healthcare continue to focus so heavily on weight?

* The role of behaviour change in health

* What should women do when they hear “lose weight”



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