Chewing the Facts

Facts over fiction? Join Sasha Borissenko in the final episode of Chewing the Facts as she investigates why people are fixated with the idea of personal choice and what can be done about it.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From lobbying to commercial conflicts of interest, join Sasha Borissenko in episode 9 of Chewing the Facts as she investigates interventions to improve the food environment and the forces behind the scenes.  Find research and resources mentioned in this episode at chewingthefacts.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are all food choices made equal? Join Sasha Borissenko in episode eight of Chewing the Facts as she tackles the art of food advertising, health halos, and Aotearoa’s voluntary unregulated framework.  Find research and resources mentioned in this episode at chewingthefacts.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s legal to discriminate against fat people in the workplace, education, health, and public settings. Join Sasha Borissenko in episode seven to discover whether there’s any public or political will to change it.   It’s legal to discriminate against fat people in the workplace, education, health, and public settings. Is there any political or public will to change it?  Find research and resources...

Join Sasha Borissenko in episode six of Chewing the Facts as she dissects fat and health - a drain on the healthcare system or harm resulting from medical bias, prejudice, and misinformation? With fat-related illnesses often cited draining the healthcare system, we fail to recognise the impact of prejudice among medical professionals. For a dose of health and fat, medical prejudice, and more, chec...

The medical profession poses weight loss surgery as a solution to the ‘obesity epidemic’ but it’s fraught with social tensions and public health barriers to those wanting it. Join Sasha Borissenko in episode five of Chewing the Facts as she debunks the belief it’s a ‘quick fix’.  Find research and resources mentioned in this episode at chewingthefacts.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

Could everything we know about dieting and exercise be wrong? Join Sasha Borissenko in episode four of Chewing the Facts as she tackles myths around ‘sweating off those pounds’, and the science and impacts of dieting.  Find research and resources mentioned in this episode at chewingthefacts.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode three of Chewing the Facts, Sasha Borissenko looks at fatness, the role of colonisation, and how the change in food environment is disproportionately affecting some of Aotearoa’s communities.  Find research and resources mentioned in this episode at chewingthefacts.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is there more to the story than ‘calories in, calories out’? Join Sasha Borissenko as she talks to experts, officials, and more about the physiology around weight gain, the role of genetics, and the globalisation of ultra processed foods. Find research and resources mentioned in this episode at chewingthefacts.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could everything we know about fatness be wrong? Join Sasha Borissenko as she talks to experts, officials, and more about the forces behind society’s obsession with ‘the obesity epidemic’, the body mass index, and the power of interpreting data. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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