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End Fat Shaming - the Real Solutions to Obesity and Diabetes | Family Health Lab - Grant Ennis


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Fat shaming is horrible - yet have we been duped by the 'body positive' movement?

Host Claire McDonnell Liu discusses the heartbreaking stigma around diabetes and obesity with international health policy expert, Grant Ennis.
Listen as Grant shares the strategies from his book Dark PR that we can all take to reclaim our health, and what really lies behind the mass scale epidemics of diabetes and obesity.
02:10 How Dr James Muecke had health advocacy WRONG!!
03:40 We live in a nanny state, making junk food cheaper
06:50 Victim blaming is horrible
08:00 Diabetes in Syria
09:50 International food politics
10:00 Junk food public relations tactics, global warming, road death
11:22 People don’t have diabetes because they are lazy
13:00 Local areas full of junk food
15:00 Individual responsibility
16:00 Are parent’s responsible?
15:00 Junk food funded ‘science’ with convenient findings
17:30 Conflicts of interest shaping our food options
20:30 Seed oils not a natural part of the food chain
22:00 Dietary guideline corruption
23:00 Big Tobacco and big food share tactics
24:00 Sugar industry PR
25:00 Diabetes type 2 increase is not due to genetics
28:00 Obesity weight loss injectables
30:41 Health victim blaming is horrible
32:00 Heartbreaking fat shaming stigma
35:00 Exercise to lose weight is not true, it is in the interests of the food industry
36:00 Low carb nutrition instead of ‘Magic Solutions’
37:50 Medicating our way to better health is back to front
38:00 Why education and awareness campaigns don’t work
41:00 Complicating health problems to hide simple solutions, a Big Tobacco Dark PR tactic
45:00 How we pay huge sums to business that harm our families with ’corporate welfare’
52:00 The real solutions to obesity and diabetes
58:00 Why health campaigns won’t work
59:00 It is NOT THE FAULT OF THE VICTIM


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IMPORTANT - The content in this video is not a substitute for medical advice. Always consult with your physician regarding your health matters. Individuals’ lifestyles, bodies and health histories vary. The author does not assume any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by the choice to implement any of the health strategies.

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