north east regional extra | November 6 - 12, 2024
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November 6 - 12, 2024
Challenging weight based care
By CHLOE JAENICKE
GATEWAY Health in partnership with Women’s Health Goulburn North East recently hosted seminars challenging the wisdom linking body weight with health. The seminars took place in both Wodonga and Wangaratta on October 23 and 24 respectively and featured Australian advanced dietician Dr Fiona Willer, who is on a mission to empower health professionals to adopt weight neutral practices. The seminar looked at the principles and benefits of a size-inclusive framework in healthcare and aim to dismantle the outdated “food police” perception of dietitians and was complemented by a workshop led by the Health promotion Team at Better Health Network on the Toward Size Inclusive Resource tailored for health promotion professionals. This was Dr Willer’s second time visiting the North East in 10 years and she said it’s great to see that weight neutral health has been of interest in the area for so long. “There is quite an active weight inclusive practitioner community in North East Victoria, so it has been on the map and I was very happy to be back,” she said.
◆ IMPROVING HEALTHCARE: Dr Fiona Willer spoke about how size inclusive practices can improve healthcare.
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