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Here you'll find articles, links, research, and sources for each episode of Chewing the Facts.

EPISODE 10: Where to from here?

Episode 10 explores society's obsession with personal choice over facts, and what can be done about it.

EPISODE 9: Magic bullets

From lobbying to conflicts of interest, episode 9 explores interventions to improve the food environment and forces pulling the strings.

EPISODE 8: 99% fat free

Are all food choices made equal? Episode 8 tackles the art of food advertising and Aotearoa’s voluntary health star rating system.

EPISODE 7: Enter the discrimination void

It’s legal to discriminate against fat people in the workplace, education, health, and public settings. Why?

EPISODE 6. A dose of fat and health

Why is it so hard to digest that you can be fat and healthy? For a dose of health and fat, medical prejudice, and more, check out episode 6.

EPISODE 5. Going under the knife

Weight loss surgery - what is it, how does it work, is it accessible, and what does it mean for the fat community?

EPISODE 4. Diets shmiets

Could everything we know about dieting and exercise be wrong? Episode four tackles the myths, science, and impacts of dieting.

EPISODE 3. The colonial project

It surely can’t be coincidence that society’s discontentment towards fatness is also reserved for people of colour.

EPISODE 2. Genetics loads the gun

Is there more to the story than calories in, calories out? This episode explores physiology, genetics, and the change in food environment.

EPISODE 1. Let's talk facts

'Let's talk facts' explores the forces behind society’s obsession with ‘the o*esity epidemic’.