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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Apr 22

I've seen a whole lot of content lately about people realising they aren't actually fat, that diet culture has just been lying to them. That's great for you all, but please remember what these declarations say to people who are actually fat.

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.

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Apr 21

whahahah whole, sorry. typo!

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Apr 21

Medication is medication.
But societal discourse and judgement is a hole other thing.

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Apr 21

It's a Kasey Rainbow fabric from Material Difference. I had Lol Mangan make it into a skirt top combo. 😍

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Apr 15

The trolls love to say "Don't listen to her about nutrition - you might end up looking like her." But I'm not telling you to eat like me (that would be silly; you're not me & I don't know enough about you)

But as instructional as I get is to say -- be wary of instructional one size fits all advice.

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."

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Apr 14

www.dremmabeckett-foodnutritionscientist.com/blog/c7tt9rf3176cgsda17p6e7sqd3fx7h

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"

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Apr 10

Thank you!

Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Apr 10

Someone asked why melted cheese tastes so much better...I love these Qs, it's food science we take for granted!
Melting breaks down fats and proteins to release umami + aroma/flavour compounds. The gooey texture spreads to the tastebuds better + the Maillard reaction creates that toasty flavour.

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.

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Apr 8

www.dremmabeckett-foodnutritionscientist.com/blog/using-t...

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.

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Apr 6

www.dremmabeckett-foodnutritionscientist.com/blog/being-a...

Being Anti-Diet Culture Doesn’t Mean I’m naïve about weight loss. — Dr Emma Beckett - Food & Nutrition Scientist

I am on a mission to destroy diet culture. I am body neutral to positive. I don’t believe that weight loss necessarily or automatically means you have improved your health. This leads some people ...

www.dremmabeckett-foodnutritionscientist.com

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Apr 1

I often describe myself as 'fat' or 'chonky' - and people reply with "No you aren't, you're beautiful" or whatever else. I appreciate the attempted kindness, but it's not the compliment people think it is, it's actually an unkindness.
www.dremmabeckett-foodnutritionscientist.com/blog/think-t...

Think Twice Before Saying ‘You’re Not Fat, You’re…’ — Dr Emma Beckett - Food & Nutrition Scientist

For a word that’s just a descriptor, ‘fat’ carries a lot of baggage. People dance around it, avoid it, and replace it with euphemisms—‘curvy,’ ‘plus-size,’ ‘fluffy.’ But ‘fat’ is not an insult, unless...

www.dremmabeckett-foodnutritionscientist.com

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you for making this ALSO rather than BUT. 😍

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 31

The more mainstream media I do, the more I get comments like this.
Often it's trolls-But sometimes people have just been so conditioned by diet culture & emboldened by the internet that they don't even see the problem with their comments. www.dremmabeckett-foodnutritionscientist.com/blog/yes-im-...

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."

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 30

I hope you're well! I miss bumping into you!

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 30

Are you coming to Diet Culture Be Gone at #NWF2025?
We will now be in Nuspace X321 at 4.30pm - Saturday 5th of April.

Tell your friends! It's free, no need to book, but I would love to see as many of your there as possible (I have actual fears of speaking to an empty room).

The promo for diet culture be gone at newcastle writers festival with an updated time and location banner

The new time and location as in the caption. Nuspace X321 (level 3) with a new start time of 4.30pm Sat April 5th.

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 29

Thank you friend

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 29

Hahaha it was fun and the hosts were so kind.

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 29

Oh if you’re interested it’s half price at Dangerfield! Veggie patch it’s called. I paid full price like a chump lol.

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 29

Thanks for the kindness Kaz! 🩷🩷

Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 29

I was a guest on Weekend today on Ch9 this morning. I know people aren’t used to seeing anything other than stick thin on TV… but my body is my body, not my qualification or business card.

Props to Today for knowing I’m fat & trusting me anyway. “Oscar” can get in the bin.

A message from a troll that’s says “Just saw your segment on tv
Very informative
Im not trying to be nasty but how can you call yourself a nutritionist by looking how you do
You obviously don't follow what you say
Shame to channel nine for not having a healthy nutritionist like they do on channel seven sunrise
She looks the part !”

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 26

Too much of anything can be bad for you—that’s exactly what too much means...yet we constantly slide from "too much of something is a problem" right into "any of that is toxic!"
Many things that are risky in excess are essential or safe in moderation.
Nutrition isn’t black+white - neither is eating.

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.

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 23

Blue-green I think! Thank you!

Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 23

New hair!

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.

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 22

Stress also messes with our guts, so I can't imagine all this worry and fear is actually helping us digest nutrients any better either!

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Dr Emma Beckett @dremmabeckett.bsky.social · Mar 22

So maybe the best nutrition advice isn’t to try harder—it’s to chill out a little. Less fear & pressure, better choices.

This was one of my aims in writing #YouAreMoreThanWhatYouEat - I didn't want to tell people *what* to eat but I wanted to empower people to stress less about it.

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