A Thread.

This week, I’m transitioning back to working full time as an RD after 6 months working in homelessness.

As a person with a great deal of privilege (like most HCP’s) it’s been an invaluable experience which I’ve found both enlightening & incredibly humbling. 1/ Now obviously, I'm no expert, but I wanted to share a few things I’ve been reflecting on since working in this complex sector…. So here goes…👇 2/

A few discussions I’ve had on here recently have turned to Intuitive Eating and HAES (non-diet approaches) with other professionals raising doubts about the usefulness of IE and non-diet in healthcare - with some going so far as to call it ‘anti-science’ 1/ Critical thinking is obviously important - it helps us move forward, learn more and answer questions. This is a relatively new area of research, with gaps and so (as someone who is still learning), questions are valuable 2/

So, here's a little thread for anybody who’s feeling uncomfortable with the @Tess_Holliday Cosmo Cover. Its about health, weight, fat phobia, and weight bias. So go grab yourself a cuppa @piersmorgan and have a read - you never know, you might learn something 1/ 1st: Tess is a woman doing her job. It doesn't matter how fat she is, how healthy she is, what her exercise routine/diet looks like, or whether you think she's attractive. She has the right to be in her body and be seen, without being subject to abuse, bullying or shaming 2/