Westcountry Family Wellness

27/07/2025

27/07/2025

Great listen

02/07/2025

So good! We love helping pregnant women enjoy a healthier pregnancy!

09/06/2025

When it comes to the approach that we currently take towards people with a higher BMI, the problem isn’t just the lack of evidence for the tests, interventions and restrictions that are ‘offered’.

It’s worse than this.

There is growing concern that the approach that we take is causing harm, on a number of levels.

Weight bias and fat shaming are doing untold damage, and the overuse of tests and interventions in the care of larger women has far-reaching consequences.

Just this week, the BMJ has published new research showing that restrictive eating can negatively affect mental health in people with a higher BMI. See https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/2025/05/28/bmjnph-2025-001167 for more

As I discuss in my book, ‘Plus Size Pregnancy: what the evidence really says about higher BMI and birth’, the approach we currently take is highly questionable.

It’s my hope that this book will help you to get informed so that you can make the decisions that are right for you.

Find out more at https://www.sarawickham.com/plus-size-pregnancy/

09/06/2025

09/06/2025

09/06/2025

09/06/2025

Are you in the UK with a baby aged 6 - 18 months? Chance to win one of 5 x £20 shopping vouchers :)

Grace is a PhD student who is exploring how the cost of living crisis might be affecting experiences of feeding babies aged 6 - 18 months, particularly around starting solids and moving to a family diet.

She'd be very grateful for responses from UK parents with a baby in that age range, whatever your household income or impact of cost of living price increases over the last few years. A lot of research on financial impacts often just looks at income but we think costs such as childcare, housing, food costs etc might be making things difficult for many more families with what might seem a 'good' income on paper.

The survey looks at the broader challenges around starting solids but also then explore whether financial difficulties are making any aspects particularly difficult so e.g. food choices, letting babies feed themselves, food waste and so on.

Thank you - link here:

https://swanseachhs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6JTBa8k0gkpoBPE

09/06/2025

Good idea 1 month photoshoot ideas at home

05/06/2025

100% agree!

Esta es una excelente ilustración de lo que la mayoría de los zapatos modernos (muchos fabricados por Nike, Adidas, Puma, Ascis, etc.) le hacen a nuestros pies en comparación con un zapato de estilo natural descalzo.. 😲

La diferencia más notable está en la posición de los dedos. La posición en ángulo de los dedos de los pies en el zapato superior se llama "resorte de los dedos".
Si examinas de cerca muchos de tus zapatos (especialmente los diseñados para atletismo), la punta delantera se elevará algunos grados.

Originalmente, esta característica se incorporó a los zapatos gruesos e inflexibles como una forma de ayudar a "hacer rodar" el pie hacia adelante mientras caminas. Piensa en esto como si tuvieras la parte inferior de una mecedora en tu pie...

¿Por qué es esto un problema? 🤔

El resorte del dedo del pie básicamente obliga a los dedos del pie a "quebrar". Tu pie fue diseñado para tener todos los dedos completamente planos sobre el suelo cuando soporta peso. Esto permite que los dedos se agarren al suelo y proporcionen estabilidad a todo el pie y, por lo tanto, al resto del cuerpo. Debido a que 18 de los 19 tendones del pie están unidos a los dedos de los pies, lo que les permite permanecer planos esencialmente ancla todo el pie al suelo y mejora la estabilidad (una razón por la cual el salto del dedo del pie en un zapato de levantamiento de pesas o cualquier calzado que use para ir al gimnasio hace absolutamente 0 sentido funcional).

Por lo tanto, si actualmente usas un par de zapatos con puntera flexible para ir al gimnasio, te recomiendo que te pongas un par de zapatos que permitan que los dedos de los pies se extiendan sobre el suelo o simplemente anda descalzo. 🦶🏻🦶🏻💯❣

04/06/2025

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