by Jeanette Thompson-Wessen | Aug 24, 2024 | Blog
As you have read in my last blog, we know that diets don’t work and that we have plenty of evidence to show us this. But when we go to the doctors, weight loss is usually touted as a cure. You go on the NHS website, most things say that fatness is a cause for many...
by Jeanette Thompson-Wessen | Aug 18, 2024 | Blog
“One day, it will click in place and losing weight will be just so easy for you. You just have to be in the right mindset” I remember a fellow nutrition student telling me when I voiced my desperation to lose weight. 46% of the UK left the same way as I did on that...
by Jeanette Thompson-Wessen | Aug 10, 2024 | Blog
Body positive quotes especially for people who are plus sized, large bodied or fat All over social media, you can see the #bodypositive hashtag. Frustratingly, when you search through all the posts, the hashtag has been co-opted by small bodied cis-gendered women who...
by Jeanette Thompson-Wessen | Aug 7, 2024 | Blog
As I sit here enjoying a chocolate bar and writing this, I was thinking about what to deep dive into today on the topic of sugar consumption and health. There is so much information out there on sugar and how it is SO BAD FOR YOU! The fear that diet culture creates...
by Jeanette Thompson-Wessen | Aug 1, 2024 | Blog
We have been made to believe that snacking is something that is completely unnecessary. Dieting cements this belief which means we lose chances to get variety into what we are eating and therefore nutrition. We are told that hungry is best and to snack is to fail at...