Dianne Wintle, Dietitian

31/07/2025

Nicely put

28/05/2025

World Critical Dietetics is dietetics at its finest.
Leading the way from outside the box.

🎉 New Issue Alert!

The latest issue of the Journal of Critical Dietetics is now live! 📰✨

This issue features bold, justice-oriented scholarship that challenges dominant paradigms in dietetics and nutrition. From liberatory pedagogy to critical reflections on identity, food systems, and care—these authors are pushing boundaries and feeding the fire for a more equitable future.

🔗 Read it here: https://journals.library.torontomu.ca/index.php/criticaldietetics/index

🙌 A heartfelt thank you to our authors, peer reviewers, and community for their labour, insight, and trust in sharing this work with us.

02/09/2024

Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology are investigating the cognitive and affective factors that influence how people engage with health and nutrition information, and how this impacts dieting.
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They are particularly interested in exploring the relationship between orthorexia nervosa and susceptibility to health misinformation. If you’re aged 18+ and fluent in English, you’re eligible to take part.
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To find out more or take part, visit ⬇️
https://swinuw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a4UNnAU8qwJY3wG

Please note this approx. 30 minute online survey will ask questions relating to your food habits and behaviours, including your thoughts and feelings towards food. This may be triggering for some – reach out for support by calling Butterfly’s National Helpline on 1800 ED HOPE or visit www.butterfly.org.au 💙

02/09/2024

We’re so pleased to share that the ACT’s first residential eating disorder facility is now complete!

Butterfly welcomed the opportunity to share our learnings and insights from opening and running Wandi Nerida, Australia’s first residential recovery centre for eating disorders, located on the Sunshine Coast QLD, with ACT Health and other states as they develop their own public residential treatment facilities around Australia.
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We were also pleased to see a strong focus on lived experience engagement and development, with people impacted by eating disorders providing their insights to ensure the facility is fit for purpose and can provide effective support in a home-like environment.
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It’s fantastic to see increased treatment and support options available for the 1.1 million Australians impacted by eating disorders every year and we look forward to similar facilities opening across the country in the near future.

The new ACT Eating Disorders Residential Treatment Centre will provide free, 24/7 specialist care for people with eating disorders, their families, and carers on their recovery journey. Located in Coombs, appointments will be available from next week and residential treatments will begin in the coming weeks.

To find out more and refer yourself or someone you know, head to⬇️
https://www.canberrahealthservices.act.gov.au/services-and-clinics/services/eating-disorders-clinical-hub

07/08/2024

12/01/2024

Things worth doing take time! Beautiful post.

Before Japan’s modernization, women of each and every household were tasked with what is possibly one of the most difficult crafts in the world of culinary arts—rice cooking 🍚.

They washed rice and let it sit in the water so it would absorb moisture. They poured it into a pot large enough to feed a family spanning three generations. The precise amount of water added was determined by the rice’s age and degree of refinement.

With too little water, the rice would burn. With too much water, the result would be an aspiring porridge.

They made a fire under the pot and sealed it with a heavy lid. But the flame had to be kept modest at first to heat the entire pot. Then, the fire needed to be strengthened so the water would boil and cook the rice.

But a few moments after v***r was witnessed from between the pot and the lid, they withdrew firewood swiftly so that the remaining embers would help the rice receive an appetizing, glossy coating.

The rule of thumb was to never, ever leave the pot unattended while cooking rice, even if they heard their babies cry. They had to tell when to take the next action by listening to the sound of rice boiling inside and the way the v***r rose. Opening the lid to look inside would let the v***r pressure go and render the rice a failure.

Skilled housewives were able to create a crispy brown scorch on the outermost layer of rice (like a creme brulee) by doing everything above at the right time, based on years of experience.

When the skills of the wife exceeded that of the mother, the family’s rice scoop was handed down to the next generation, indicating that she was the new boss of the house.

If you own a modern Japanese rice cooker, it does a perfect job thanks to reflecting centuries of collective rice-cooking experience of Japanese women in history 🥹. いただきます Itadakimasu!

Woodblock print by YOSHIDA Hiroshi (1876 - 1950).

▶︎ Enjoy more stories like this in my book on Japanese history, available at: https://kyotako.myportfolio.com/

27/08/2023

This one seems sooo relevant this morning 🙂

If you like my comics, pleeeaaassse visit my Patreon ❤️🧠 I’m mailing gifts to anyone who joins at the Brain level or higher this weekend!

21/08/2023

Two fantastic opportunities to join the Purple House family! If you’re compassionate, adventurous and good humoured you’ll fit right in. These roles are all about people and culture, offering diverse and rewarding ways to make a difference. (roles based in Mparntwe) Find out more: www.purplehouse.org.au/careers

21/08/2023

How are your habits lately?
❤️= healthy habits
😢= lazy as ever

19/07/2023

Wednesday thoughts....

With so much focus on diet and exercise, looking good (which currently is generally seen as lean and muscular), influencers posting beautiful pictures of themselves and the food they are (maybe) eating there is almost a first world obsession with what to eat. Firstly, how lucky are we that we get

12/04/2023

This looks wonderful 🙂

04/04/2023

Fruit and veg selfie.

Who wouldn’t want to be photographed with these luscious, delectable wonders of nature.
Fresh Certified organic and Biodynamic fruit and veggies instore NOW.