In this week’s episode, Bonnie is joined by Ragen Chastain who is a speaker, writer, researcher, Board Certified Patient Advocate, multi-certified health and fitness professional, and thought leader in weight science, weight stigma, health, and healthcare.
In today’s episode Bonnie & Ragen will discuss:
- Ragen’s personal story of healing her relationship with food and body
- Most misleading things about weight loss research
- How to be more skeptical of weight loss research
- Correlation vs. causation when talking about how higher body weights are associated with more health conditions/concerns
- How the diet industry is really enmeshed in continuing education trainings for health professionals
- Advocating for healthcare you deserve
- and so much more!
Connect with Ragen:
Instagram: @ragenchastain
Newsletter: weightandhealthcare.com
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Thank you ladies! This was very informative. And shocking to learn what doctors are learning. Thank a for sharing this wonderful research and for being brave young women to put this out there for us to learn from And to help mind shift begin .I m 60 and have fought this battle with body image and food for about 47 years.