The Fat Doctor Podcast Introducing the Fat Doctor (With Tanya Phoenix)
In this episode of ‘The Fat Doctor Podcast’, Dr. Natasha Larmie is joined by her sister - children’s author and singer/songwriter - Tanya Phoenix. Dr. Larmie and Tanya discuss their ancestry, how it influenced the culture surrounding food and body image in their childhood home and yet although they grew up in the same home, ate the same food, and experienced the same weight shaming on a regular basis they both turned out very differently.
Together Dr Larmie and Tanya intimately discuss the following:
- Why their family was so focused on body image and thinness.
- Dr Larmie discusses how the body shaming she experienced as child has followed her into adulthood.
- Research based evidence into how body shaming and dieting in the family can negatively affect children.
- How weight loss isn’t necessarily a sign of health from both a physical and mental perspective.
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Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
You can find out more about Tanya on Instagram at @firebirdinthefigtree.
You can learn more about Tanya’s brilliant stories at @beatrixphoenixwrites.
More about the show:
How would you react if someone told you that most of what we are taught to believe about healthy bodies is a lie?
How would you feel if that person was a medical doctor with over 20 years experience treating patients and seeing the harm caused by all this misinformation?
In her podcast, Dr Natasha Larmie, an experienced General Practitioner and self-styled Fat Doctor, examines and challenges 'health' as we know it through passionate, unfiltered conversations with guest experts, colleagues and friends.
She tackles the various ways in which weight stigma and anti-fat bias impact both individuals and society as a whole. From the classroom to the boardroom, the doctors office to the local pub, weight-based discrimination is everywhere. Is it any wonder that it has such an impact on our health?
Whether you're a person affected by weight stigma, a healthcare professional, a concerned parent or an ally who shares our view that people in
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