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WIDLIMS ep #15 – Time for Plant-based Nutrition in Medicine with Dr Shireen Kassam
In this week's episode, I chat to the amazing Dr Shireen Kassam (she/her) who is a consultant haematologist, as well as founder and president of Plant-Based Health Professionals (a CIC in the UK) and facilitator of the UK's first university-based Plant-based nutrition course (and she regularly reviews and updates it!). We talk about... why plant-based nutrition education is needed the evidence behind consuming more plants and less animal products how she counsels her patients, including those recently diagnosed with cancer, to make lifestyle changes wider issues: human and planetary health, social inequalities, the NHS and some of the problems with how our governments and healthcare systems are structured Find out…
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WIDLIMS podcast ep #7 – Weight stigma and obesity: what is known vs what is done – Dr Stuart Flint, Professor of the Psychology of Obesity
In this week's episode, I was delighted to talk to Dr Stuart Flint, an expert on weight stigma and obesity. This discussion was super interesting, and raised points I had not even considered myself. You can expect to hear us talk about... what weight stigma is and how it manifests whether weight stigma is justified to ‘tackle’ obesity – is obesity not a ‘problem’ after all? how language and attitudes when it comes to higher weight status differs to those in for example cancer what the science has shown (for years!) about approaches to managing health the UK government’s ‘wake-up call’ obesity strategy launched in July 2020 You can find…
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WIDLIMS podcast ep #5 – Weight ‘management’ approaches – have we got it wrong?
In this episode, I spoke to my friend and classmate Hanna, who has an interest in public health, non-communicable diseases (i.e. diseases that are not contagious, such as heart disease), eating disorders and obesity. We spoke about... weight stigma and the obesity paradox – are we wrong to think obesity is a marker for increased risk of death? how overweight is typically managed – through calorie restriction and increased physical activity à la ‘eat less, move more’ better methods of managing weight that are non-restrictive, sustainable and weight inclusive the principles of Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size what we must think of in terms of the bigger picture…
