• Where to from here
    Oct 7 2023

    Facts over fiction? Join Sasha Borissenko in the final episode of Chewing the Facts as she investigates why people are fixated with the idea of personal choice and what can be done about it. 

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Magic bullets
    Sep 30 2023

    From lobbying to commercial conflicts of interest, join Sasha Borissenko in episode 9 of Chewing the Facts as she investigates interventions to improve the food environment and the forces behind the scenes. 

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • 99% fat free
    Sep 23 2023

    Are all food choices made equal? Join Sasha Borissenko in episode eight of Chewing the Facts as she tackles the art of food advertising, health halos, and Aotearoa’s voluntary unregulated framework. 

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Enter the discrimination void
    Sep 16 2023

    It’s legal to discriminate against fat people in the workplace, education, health, and public settings. Join Sasha Borissenko in episode seven to discover whether there’s any public or political will to change it.  

    It’s legal to discriminate against fat people in the workplace, education, health, and public settings. Is there any political or public will to change it? 

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    52 mins
  • A dose of fat and health
    Sep 9 2023

    Join Sasha Borissenko in episode six of Chewing the Facts as she dissects fat and health - a drain on the healthcare system or harm resulting from medical bias, prejudice, and misinformation?

    With fat-related illnesses often cited draining the healthcare system, we fail to recognise the impact of prejudice among medical professionals. For a dose of health and fat, medical prejudice, and more, check out episode 6 of Chewing the Facts. 

    Why is it so hard to digest that you can be fat and healthy? And why is weight seen as a prerequisite at the doctor’s office? For a dose of health and fat, medical prejudice, and more, check out episode 6 of Chewing the Facts. 

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    53 mins
  • Going under the knife
    Sep 2 2023

    The medical profession poses weight loss surgery as a solution to the ‘obesity epidemic’ but it’s fraught with social tensions and public health barriers to those wanting it. Join Sasha Borissenko in episode five of Chewing the Facts as she debunks the belief it’s a ‘quick fix’. 

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    47 mins
  • Diets shmiets
    Aug 26 2023

    Could everything we know about dieting and exercise be wrong? Join Sasha Borissenko in episode four of Chewing the Facts as she tackles myths around ‘sweating off those pounds’, and the science and impacts of dieting. 

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    49 mins
  • The colonial project
    Aug 19 2023

    In episode three of Chewing the Facts, Sasha Borissenko looks at fatness, the role of colonisation, and how the change in food environment is disproportionately affecting some of Aotearoa’s communities. 

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    43 mins