Food for thought; how diet culture is damaging our bodies | Aisling Pigott | TEDxNHS

Aisling Pigott shines a light on diet culture which disguises itself as 'clean' but continues to harm us. She explores how our attitudes toward weight, shape, and size can impact on physical and mental health. She asks that we return to intuitive eating, listening to what our bodies need and not what is sold to us through a culture focussed on 'quick fix' diets. Aisling focuses on how adults, healthcare professionals and parents need to model and teach healthy relationships with food and body to improve the health of the future generation.
Trigger warning: this talk contains themes of eating disorders and chronic illness Aisling Pigott is a Registered Dietitian and PhD Student (RCBC /Health Care Research Wales funded) at Cardiff Metropolitan University. She is a media spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association (BDA), and was awarded BDA spokesperson of the year in 2020.
Aisling is passionate about supporting people to enjoy and appreciate food and nourish their bodies, an approach she takes working with children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes in her NHS role. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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Fantastic talk, well done Aisling, R.D