Dr Emma Beckett

@dremmabeckett.bsky.social

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PhD, RNutr "The Ms Frizzle of #Food & #Nutrition #Science" Food: science, media, fashion & fun facts. Same handle all places. FOODiQ #NutritionNerd & academic.

DIET CULTURE IMPACTS PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES. BUT NOT IN THE SAME WAY DIET CULTURE & FATPHOBIA IMPACT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN LARGER BODIES. LEARNING THAT YOU AREN’T FAT IS GREAT FOR SOME. BUT LEARNING THAT “BEING FAT” SHOULDN’T BE A THING YOU FEAR & INTEROGATING WHY YOU FEAR IT IS A STEP MANY PEOPLE SEEM TO BE SKIPPING, AND THAT COULD HELP EVERYONE. and me pointing at the text. I'm a chonky lady with pale skin and dark hair.
Me, pointing at the text, pulling kind of smug mmm hmm face. and the text says "I’M NOT ASKING OR TELLING YOU TO EAT LIKE ME. I’M SHARING INFORMATION YOU CAN CHOOSE TO USE (or not) TO EAT LIKE YOU. Honestly, you should be very wary of anyone saying “eat like me” without caveats, particularly if it implies eating like them will lead to you therefore being like them."
Photos of me eating a bunch of potatoes and the text - We don’t have good science on fad diets. Often there’s no direct evidence to say if a fad diet is specifically good or bad. This doesn’t mean we can’t make recommendations from the body of knowledge. BUT We can’t study everything, for reasons of time, cost & practicality. It’s also unethical to put people on diets that we believe will cause harm"
Me in a blue skirt and top combo with cheese print, cheese toasty earrings and specs with yellow frames and a cheese toasty being stretched apart behind me.
Using the word fat - thoughts on balancing the needs of multiple communities because people with EDs and people with larger bodies exist and both matter.
Me in my bread dress blowing kissy face with the text "‘BUT YOU’RE FAT! What do you know?’ I AM. Thanks for noticing. I’m also driven, educated, kind, qualified, smart, sassy and HUMAN. Being smaller (or bigger) wouldn’t make me more or less of any of those things."
The promo for diet culture be gone at newcastle writers festival with an updated time and location banner
Me standing on the weekend today set.
Me and the text TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING CAN BE BAD FOR YOU. That’s exactly what ‘too much’ BUT LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE RISKY AT TOO MUCH ARE ESSENTIAL OR PERFECTLY SAFE AT LOWER AMOUNTS. Nutrition, diets and eating are not binary.
Photo of me, my hair is shorter than before, with fresh blue added to the natural dark and grey. I'm a chonky lady with pale skin, and green eyes. I'm wearing a banana print dress and banana-shaped earrings.
a series of pics of me pulling "hmmm" face and the text "Do we just need to calm down about nutrition? There's so much stress, so much judgement, so much fear and panic. Maybe if we just take a beat we can actually process the information and the nutrients a little bit better.
Text that says "Can we talk about the shrinking bodies of celebrities and influencers?Sure, but..." with me pulling a stern "hmmmmm" face (i'm a chonky lady with pale skin and dark hair wearing a vegemite print dress).
me pulling a silly hmm face and pointing at text that says “apparently super skinny is coming back into fashion. But body types, sizes & shapes are not trends. Bodies aren’t not infinitely malleable. Being skinny, curvy or having a thigh gap can’t be a fashion or trend anymore than being tall or having detached earlobes can be. IF IT’S NOT ATTAINABLE FOR EVERYONE IT’S NOT A TREND, ITS A BIAS.
Me in a light blue dress with pink love heart cakes.
Photo of me in my vegemite dress, with the cooked for science friction logo and "vitamin B3... and the media".
Image: New modelling predicts obesity rates will continue to increase in the next 25 years in young people. But what can we do with this information that doesn’t further harm people? IMO we can’t just look for strategies & programs to prevent or reduce obesity. We also need to design & implement programs that support peoples health, regardless of size AND We need to design health systems, procedures & medications that don’t place larger people at a disadvantage. AND We need to keep working to challenge the weight stigma that causes harm and collect data on that harm along with the biological measures. Any action to ‘combat obesity’ that perpetuates harms on people in larger bodies isn’t a solution it’s simply an attack. With pics of me looking unimpressed.
a photo of me and the text "A healthy balanced diet doesn’t need a name or a faction. The specific names and the communities help us feel connected to diets. But there are so many different ways to eat well, and it might look different person to person and day to day. Keep an open mind."
me in a juice dress holding a water bottle pulling a "hmmm" face and the text Ep 5 of Cooked is out today - 11.30am on Radio National - then on the ABC Listen App or where you get podcasts. Are we hydrating all wrong? with the cooked for science friction logo.
Me in a veggie print dress with a bottle of olive oil pouring. And the text "Ep3 of Cooked is out today - 11.30am on Radio National - then on the ABC Listen App or where you get podcasts. What’s the evidence behind the Mediterranean diet?"
Me pointing at two blocks of text that say "STOP ASKING 'WHAT'S THE BEST?' and "START ASKING 'WHAT OPTIONS DO I HAVE?'
Me in my ice cream dress - with the text "Cooked" for Science Friction on ABC Radio National - ep 1 out now. Science Says ice cream could be good for you?!?
Image from Science Friction and image of me with a + between then = cooked for science friction on radio national
me - eyes wide staring, with the text - "No one needs you to approve of their body or diet - maybe you just need a hobby"
Me wagging my finger with other hand on hip, and the text "FEAR-MONGERING ISN’T ADVOCACY. Advocacy empowers. It supports informed choices & better situations. It should give people knowledge, skills & options, not anxiety. Let’s advocate for better food conversations and communication— based on evidence and context, not fear."
Me in a candy print dress and the text. Aussies can calm down about Red #3 Reports that the FDA is banning red #3 food colour have people all in a flap. But...
Me pointing to my book called 'you are more than what you eat' and a note that it is Everything I wish people knew about food and nutrition science not just to do better but feel better about it
A photo of me (chonky lady with pale skin and dark hair, wearing a pink blazer and mushroom print dress and earrings) and a name tag that says "Hello my name is Dr Emma Beckett, Dr of Food Science & Human Nutrition (PhD), Nice to meet you!" and an arrow to swip to learn more about me.
Me pulling sassy face and text that says "January 7. Statistics say that 2 in 5 people have already quit their new years diet BUT KNOW THIS - DIETS FAIL US, WE DON’T FAIL THEM. All diets work at first, but when it stops working we blame ourselves for not having enough willpower instead of blaming the diet for not being realistic, practical, affordable, joyful, sustainable... WE NEED BETTER SYSTEMS & SUPPORTS, NOT MORE WILLPOWER OR BETTER BODIES."
text (n.) HEALTH FOOD - Common definition: a food that is marketed or consumed for its perceived health benefits. It is typically considered to be nutritionally dense and beneficial to health due to its content of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, fibre, or other essential nutrients. Health foods are often associated with promoting wellness, preventing disease, and supporting overall well-being. BUT - health isn’t a property of foods. Health is about people. AND what’s healthy for each person is about context. One persons healthy choice might be another persons junk, or nightmare. The health food section at the store is about marketing, not your health.
me holding the CD copy of You Are More Than What You Eat, wearing my dress with the front cover of the book printed on it.
me in my champagne bottle outfit in front of a background of champagne with ribbons and glitter.
Pic of me, and the text: This ‘New Years Resolution’ season remember: Bodies are NOT infinitely changable. We can’t ‘resolve’ our way to a new body, or perfect features, some goals won’t be attainable because of context. A new year isn’t a new reason to resent and torture our bodies. The pressure we put on our bodies each year can cause harm, even it well intentioned.
Me in a dress with diagram-style images of baked goods with little notations and descriptions. I'm a chonky lady with pale skin and dark hair with blue highlights. I’m blowing a kiss to the camera.
(n.) the prejudice, fear, or discrimination against those perceived as fat or having larger bodies. It involves negative attitudes, stereotypes, and behaviors that devalue or marginalize based on body size or weight. This bias can manifest in various ways, including: Social settings: bullying or exclusion. Media representation: Stereotyping & underrepresentation Healthcare: Assuming health issues are solely due to weight, providing inadequate care. Employment: Bias in hiring, promotions, or salary based on weight. Fatphobia is rooted in societal ideals that equate thinness with health, beauty, and worth, often ignoring the complexity of body diversity and health.
Says - imperfection is the key to: happiness, action, 'success', starting, continuing...
me in my supermarket shelf print dress with cereal box earrings (I'm a chonky lady with pale skin and dark hair).
a grid of pictures where foods are arranged into smiley faces and the text - find the foods that make you smile.
me in a raspberry print dress + blackberry earrings + specs with berry coloured frames.
Says whats in the post.
me (a chonky lady with pale skin and dark hair) in a matching skirt & top combo with cheese print on blue. And the text "say cheese" with a waving smiling picture of a cheese wedge.