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YOU GUYS, she’s BACKKKKKthis and this episode is 🔥🔥🔥 Megan Crabbe, aka BodyPosiPanda, BoPo warrior, author, and earth angel is back on the pod for round 2 (go back and listen to my first ep with her ). In this episode we talk about Megan’s experiences writing the book, and how that was for her in terms of her mental health. We talk about anxieties, insecurities, imposter syndrome and the comparison game. So yes, even one of the most influential body positivity advocates on Instagram has bad days and I’m so grateful to Megan for being so honest with us about her mental health. We also talk about what happens when you are learning to eat intuitively and some of the challenges of that process and how to deal with the fear that you may never stop eating. You guys sent me a bunch of questions on this so I’ve tried to work them in. We talk about some common questions that come up around health and body positivity, Megan shuts down diet culture, we talk about how to deal with diet mentality, and why representation and diversity of bodies is so important. We talk about thin privilege, and soooo much more. And then Megan leaves us with her top tips for body positivity, aside from buying her book, which, if you don’t have it yet, then what are you doing with your life?
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Really enjoyed the podcast and loving so many of the messages. Had one issue about someone trying to lose weight. Societal pressure isn’t the only reason people lose weight. Is it thought that several conditions are exacerbated by being fat – such as endometriosis. One of my friends really suffers with this and has found losing weight helps. Another person I know controls their T2 diabetes through diet.
Would you assert that the association between disease and weight is spurious (potentially mediated though stigma)?
Hi Sarah, from the science it’s difficult for us to know whether weight loss per se causes improvements in health or whether it’s to do with improving behaviours, being more active; eating more F&V for instance, which we know can help improve health independent of weight loss. Long-term (>5 year) weight loss is only possible for relatively few people, so I prefer to focus on health promoting behaviours, rather than weight loss. A weight focus can lead to weight based discrimination and stigmatisation, as well as cause people stress, anxiety, depression, disordered eating and other negative psychological outcomes. If you haven’t already, I’d recommend listening to episode 36 of my podcast with Linda Bacon or read her book Health at Every Size.