Take 5: What is the constant focus on weight doing to us?

We live in societies increasingly haunted by an unhealthy obsession with food. Find out what this is doing to our health

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We live in societies increasingly haunted by an unhealthy obsession with food

In this five-minute video Dr Rick Kausman explains why focusing on weight is making things worse for people in high-income countries.

“People … become obsessed about being a certain number or a certain size or shape and have moved away from taking care of themselves,” he says.

“As a society we have been focusing on the wrong ‘W’. We are focusing on the ‘W’ for weight rather than the ‘W’ for wellbeing.”

This video focuses on these questions:

– What is the constant focus on weight doing to us?

– What is a healthy approach to weight?

– Do people know what ‘healthy eating’ looks like?