Shoulders Down

🏊‍♀️ Competitive Athletes, Disordered Eating, & Body Dissatisfaction with Katie Spada


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This week we are joined by anti-diet dietitian and former elite-level synchronized swimmer (artistic swimmer), Katie Spada! In this episode we talk about: 

  • Katie’s story - how being a competitive athlete led to disordered eating and body image struggles
  • Why Disordered behaviors become normalized in competitive athletic settings
  • Katie’s breaking point with dieting/ restricting
  • Why athletes are uniquely prone to body image struggles
  • How the competitive athletic community is starting to change to better support athletes
  • Why competitive sport culture makes it hard to allow guilt free rest and where to start with rewiring this mindset

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