Fast Track Trial Wins
As 2019 gallops towards the finish line, I’m bursting with news to share with you! Back in September, I blogged about WW, who were using research published by the Fast Track team to justify their awful kiddie weight loss app. The Fast Trackers’ meta-analysis alleged...
Where’s the Black Box Warning On Weight Loss Surgery?
In Australia, the weight loss surgery industry is booming. Over a 10 year period, the total number of operations has more than doubled - from 9300 in 2005 to 22,700 in 2015. And these surgeries are definitely targeting women - although “obesity” rates are pretty much...
WW Are Using Fast Track Research to Justify The Kurbo App
WW are back with another dastardly attempt to snag a customer base of lifelong weight cyclers. The launch of their Kurbo app, targeted at kids aged 8-17, really takes the biscuit. WW are repeat offenders: just last year I ranted with anti-diet dietitian Rebecca...
A Review of “Made to Measure”, in which a fat princess with a short life span meets her handsome prince through Pigging
Imagine the mindfuck that would be unleashed if an anti-obesity centre produced a ‘body positive’ play. I shit you not, this has actually happened. Right here in Sydney, at the Charles Perkins Centre, the University of Sydney’s swanky $330 million ‘obesity research...
Mannequin Mayhem
It seems like the whole world has something to say about the larger bodied Nike mannequin, so I just had to put in my two cents as well! I am not sure if it is because I live in a body positive bubble, but it sure seems that the voices demanding inclusivity and an end...
The Fast Track Trial Pilot Study
It’s no secret that I am more than a little fired up about the Fast Track to Health trial, a weight loss experiment which is recruiting Australian teenagers for a gruelling year long semi-starvation diet. An article in The Age newspaper about the Fast Track...
