by untrapped | 24 Oct 2019 | Blog
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...
by untrapped | 12 Sep 2019 | Blog
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...
by untrapped | 4 Jul 2019 | Blog
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...
by untrapped | 21 Jun 2019 | Blog
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...
by untrapped | 30 May 2019 | Blog
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...
by untrapped | 9 May 2019 | Blog
In diet culture, the competition to sell us stupid weight loss products is fierce. Weight loss is a massive industry, worth an absolute mozza to entrepeneurs keen to take advantage of our cultural obsession with thinness. It’s a tough sell, because literally no weight...
