In this week’s episode I’m joined by return guest Lizzy Pope, a professor and director of the undergraduate dietetics program at the University of Vermont. Lizzy is also a certified intuitive eating counselor and her research focuses on weight-inclusive nutrition education and manifestations of diet culture in social media.

Together, we discuss:

• How weight inclusivity & the rise of Ozempic have impacted dietetics
• The glorification of weight loss on TikTok
• The lack of expert voices providing nutrition content
• How TikTok videos perpetuate thin privilege and racism
• The challenges of learning and teaching weight inclusivity

 
Mentioned in the episode:

• Listen to Lizzy’s previous episode

 
More from Lizzy:

• Learn more about Lizzy’s work at UVM
• Check out her TikTok weight-normative messaging research

 
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