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Beyond Belief: Dieting

27/04/2020

Dieting

BBC Radio 4 - Beyond Belief, Dieting

Dr Katie Edwards explores the relationship between religion and dieting.

During the lockdown, with gyms shut and exercise outdoors restricted, social media is littered with anecdotes of people putting on weight or turning to diet plans. Most religious traditions have some kind of rules when it comes to what we eat.  From Lent to Yom Kippur, from Karva Chauth, to Ramadan many religious followers observe days of abstinence.  So why is the relationship between food, fasting and faith so meaningful for so many?  

Dr Katie Edwards discusses faith, food and fasting with Dr Hannah Bacon, Associate Professor in Feminist Theology and Acting head of Theology and Religious studies at the University of Chester, Dr Hina Shahid, General Practitioner and Chairperson of the Muslim Doctors Association and Geeta Vara, Ayurvedic Practioner and author of Ayurveda: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Wellbeing

Producer: Rajeev Gupta
Series Producer: Amanda Hancox

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