Episode 125: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Emma Louise Pudge. Emma is an eating disorders researcher and activist and Masters student at University College London (UCL) in Health Humanities. Emma researches eating disorders from a feminist, sociocultural and social-justice oriented perspective, and she is particularly interested in exploring how biological, psychological, environmental and sociocultural factors interact and intersect to uniquely shape people’s experiences of the world, their bodies and their interactions with food. Emma’s interest in eating disorders is at once academic and personal as she was personally affected by anorexia as a teenager, and her experiences of receiving inpatient treatment and navigating recovery have informed and motivated her work in the area. Emma is ambitious about creating change in the field of eating disorders treatment and research and hopes to undertake a PhD and pursue an academic career whilst also engaging in eating disorders advocacy and activism.

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

6:45: A bit about Emma’s background

11:00: Did moving to Canada for a period influence her career interest?

14:00: What her relationship with food was like as a child

17:00: The beginning of Emma’s anorexia

21:00: The issue with many ED treatment centers

23:45: The Minnesota Starvation Experiment

28:45: Emma’s paper on anorexia

32:30: Important terms to know when talking about anorexia

37:30: What is anorexia, really?

42:45: The difference between the brain and the mind when it comes to eating disorders

48:00: Are there biological factors that can cause anorexia?

57:00: Specific risk factors for anorexia

1:02:15: Poor health outcomes across generations in marginalized communities

1:05:00: Is it privileged to be able to identify as recovered?

1:12:30: Taking on new clients

Here’s how you can connect with Emma Louise Pudge:

Instagram

Facebook

Twitter

Links mentioned during the show:

“Theorizing anorexia nervosa as biopsychosocial entanglement: Re-reading neurobiological and genetic research on anorexia nervosa through Karen Barad’s onto-epistemological framework”

Her work on Academia.edu

Emma’s writing for HuffPost

RHR: The Minnesota Starvation Experiment

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