Episode 16. Today I chat with registered dietitian Annyck Besso, MS, RD, about Health at Every Size. This is a super important discussion because there are a lot of misconceptions about it. Tune in to learn about some of the common myths about Health at Every Size. One of the myths we debunk include "Health at Every Size professionals are anti-weight loss," among many others.

Annyck is a Registered Dietitian and the Founder of Sööma, a private practice that specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and sports nutrition located in Montreal, Canada, but serving clients in the United States virtually. Annyck has developed an expertise in the treatment of eating disorders in both private and academic medical center settings. After completing a Bachelors in nutrition and dietetics, Annyck received her Masters in dietetics at McGill University.  Annyck recently moved back to Canada after practicing at Mind Body Health in Washington, DC for the past three years. During her time there, Annyck worked in private practice and collaborated closely with medical doctors and mental health professionals. She also developed and directed a day program where people of all ages were admitted and treated 20h per week.

Want to start from the beginning? Check out the Foundational Episodes of the Motivation Made Podcast here!

* Introduction: What is this podcast all about?* Episode 1: Want to Get & Stay Motivated? A Crash Course on Motivation, Weight Loss, and Health* Episode 2: How Dieting Steals Our Motivation* Episode 3: How To Get Motivated To Improve Your Health (Motivation 101)* Episode 4: How to Transform Health Fears Into Forward Progress

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What We Cover:

* Annyck's personal experience with food and her body * How she got into the field of dietetics* The fact that Health at Every Size is not actually mainstream even in dietetics training* What is Health at Every Size?

Health at Every Size - What Is It?

Health at Every Size is a social justice movement.

On an individual level, the movement is trying to move away from looking at individual behaviors in a vacuum, and broadening our view of health to consider an individual's lived experience, including things like marginalization, and other factors that influence their health.

From a broader perspective, it acknowledges the privilege that comes from being able to make individual choices. It acknowledges that the higher rates of certain medical conditions in certain community and how we need to examine the larger systems that determine access to fresh foods and safe movement, quality health care, among other systemic shifts.

The movement also explores and discusses the health consequences of living in a world that is fat phobic and weight bias and that the stress of this can have health consequences that are more problematic than their body shape and size.

Interestingly, despite my bias and feel that many dietitians get this training on a more regular basis,